Senator Umaru Tanko Al-Makura’s group recently announced the endorsement of Tinubu’s second term bid as they ruled out the defection rumour of the CPC bloc, which was led by the immediate past President Muhammadu Buhari.
Malami, while speaking through his media aide, Muhammed Bello Doka, explained that Buhari’s platform in the APC was the only entity that could decide on staying or defecting from the ruling party and not Al-Makura’s group.
The former AGF stated:
The former minister said that the decision of Al-Makura’s group was personal and had no connection with the CPC bloc in the APC. He added that they had claimed to gain relevance in the ruling party for their benefit.
Speaking on his defection, the former AGF dismissed the report that he was planning to defect to the Social Democratic Party (SDP), adding that it was the imagination of those who are sharing the rumour.
He reiterated that he would not dump the APC in private and maintained that he is still a member of the ruling party. However, he disclosed that there was an ongoing broad consultation with different political platforms. He said he will make a decision after the consultations, but maintained that it was too early to talk about defection or declaration of interest.
Malami then stressed that he remained in active politics in Nigeria and would declare his position when it was time for him to do that. He stated that it was his right to align with any political party and contest any position in Kebbi state.
Recently, Al-Makura, who is a former governor of Nasarawa and his counterpart in Katsina, Bello Masari, along with former Minister of Education Adamu Adamu and 20 others, issued a communique at the end of a meeting and affirmed their support for President Bola Tinubu and his policies and programmes.
TimesNow.com.ng earlier reported that Atiku Abubakar, the former vice president of Nigeria and Nasir El-Rufai, the ex-Kaduna governor’s coalition talks to sack President Bola Tinubu in 2027 may be approaching failure.
This is because the major opposition parties, including the PDP, NNPP and the SDP, announced different routes to take over power in the 2027 election.
On the other hand, El-Rufai has been accused of being a placeholder for Atiku in the SDP should the PDP deny the latter its presidential ticket.
Source: TimesNow.com.ng
