Bashir Ahmad speaks on Governor Ambode’s rumoured defection from APC to PDP
Lately, there's been rumours that Lagos State Governor
Akinwumi Ambode is planning to defect from the ruling All Progressives Congress
(APC) to the opposition, PDP.
The Lagos State governor was reported to have been in a
closed door meeting with his political aides and executive council members to
take a crucial decision as to whether to remain in the APC or forge ahead with
another party, as the primaries draw nearer.
It was reported also that Ambode may want to leave the party
because Bola Tinubu, the party’s national leader and a former governor of Lagos
may have withdrawn his support from Ambode’s re-election bid. The reports claim
that Ambode might move to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) or Action
Democratic Congress (ADC), both of which are part of the Coalition of Political
Parties (CUPP).
However, President Buhari’s aide on new media, Bashir Ahmad
has said the Lagos State governor has debunked such claims. According to Ahmad,
when he told Ambode that rumours of his defection were rift on social media,
the governor said ‘I’m here in Beijing in president Buhari’s entourage. ‘
Ahmad tweeted, 'I told Gov. @AkinwunmiAmbode of Lagos State
that @LeadersNG and some other media platforms have been spreading fake news
that he’s planning to leave the APC, he smiled and said Bashir if they don’t
know tell them I am here in Beijing in President @MBuhari’s entourage'.
