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Seven months to the 2019 general elections, Chief of Staff to Senate President Bukola Saraki, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has dumped the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Addressing a press conference in Kaduna on Monday, Baba-Ahmed, who was appointed by Saraki in 2017, said he took the decision after due consultation with members of his Akida faction of APC in Kaduna.
While saying that he has sent a letter of resignation from governing party to the party chairman in his ward, he maintained that the party has performed woefully.
He, however, said he would not join another political party.
His words: “This statement is to inform the public of my resignation from APC. I have sent a formal letter to this effect to chairman of my ward.
“This has been a very difficult decision, to leave a party I helped to form and made my humble contributions to put in power.
“After three years, however, I need to say that the APC has grossly under-performed and has forfeited any claim to my loyalty and continue membership.
“I do not believe in all concience, that it should be trusted and encouraged to continue to govern our great country beyond 2019.
“I am not leaving to join another party. This is my decision and mine alone. It has nothing to do with the president of the senate, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki.
“It’s a decision taken after due consultations with Akida Group, a group that has predated my appointment as chief of staff to the President of the Senate.
“I will remain active in politics, as this is the main avenue for salvaging our nation from rising insecurity, poverty and bitter divisions”.
