The immediate past governor of Adamawa State, Senator Muhammad Umar Jibrilla Bindow has dumped the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of this year’s general elections.
Bindow resigned his membership of the party through a letter addressed to the APC chairman of Kolere ward, Mubi North Local Government Area, dated 20 January.
Bindow added that his “faithful supporters” across the state would be joining him in leaving the APC to champion the cause of building a harmonious Adamawa State.
The former governor, however, did not mention his next political party.
Bindow said that his decision to quit APC was due to a lack of genuine reconciliation of aggrieved stakeholders within the party in the state since the defeat suffered by the party in the 2019 general elections and the aftermath of the 2022 APC primary elections.
“I wish to formally notify you of my decision to resign as a member of the All Progressive Congress party (APC) effective from 20th January 2023.
“This decision is not an easy one but after deep prayers and wide consultations with my family, stakeholders, and faithful followers across the state and country at large, I have decided to resign my membership.
“The decision is also a result of lack of genuine reconciliation of aggrieved stakeholders within the party in Adamawa state since the unfortunate events of the 2019 general elections and the 2022 primary elections.
“While thanking you and the party, I wish to also inform you that my faithful supporters will be joining me across the state in leaving the party so as to champion the cause of building a harmonious Adamawa that will enshrine unity in our diversity towards our collective development as a people”, Bindow stated in the letter.
Senator representing Adamawa North between 2011 and 2015, Bindow was elected governor in 2015 but lost to incumbent governor, Alhaji Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri in 2019.
