Former Acting Governor of Adamawa state James Barka has denied recent reports of his defection from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
He told journalists on Wednesday that he did not defect from the APC and was not contemplating doing so.
Barka, who is a member of the Presidential Committee on the North East Initiative (PCNI), stated that he remained committed to working under the President Muhammadu Buhari administration.
But he admitted that some members of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party did ask him to return to the PDP.
“I am staying in APC because I believe in the transformation agenda of President Muhammadu Buhari and for me to contemplate to leave APC, I must be an insane person,” he said.
“Some members of the PDP led by the Adamawa State Chairman paid me a courtesy call to seek my return to my former party, the PDP.
“I categorically told them that I was a bonafide member of the APC and I am not contemplating leaving the APC.
“I have gone across to my followers, sent them text messages and on social media that I am still a member of the APC and as such all my followers should remain.
“The President has done excellent and I cannot see why I should defect to a party that showed so much impunity to me and my followers in 2014.
“I am committed to APC and I will remain in APC,” Barka added.