Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed, Kwara State, Ilorin, Kwara, Dr. Abdulfatah Ahmed
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed’s Special Assistant on Non-Governmental Affairs in Kwara state has resigned his appointment to remain in All Progressives Congress (APC).
The aide, Abdullahi Danbaba, announced his resignation on Sunday, saying it was in line with the wish of his constituency, the North Senatorial District.
But he expressed gratitude to the governor and the Senate President Bukola Saraki for the opportunity offered him to serve the people of Kwara.
The Kwara governor and the senate president recently defected from the APC to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and as such, many of the governor’s appointees in the north-central state joined him in PDP.
But Danbaba clearly has something different in his mind.
He said, “As a result of that political development, the people of my constituency in Kaiama local government felt they would not go with Saraki any longer because they have suffered protractedly lack of infrastructure development.
“And as a result, they would not toe the path of Saraki and I have consulted widely with my people and in view of the fact that the community suffered for a long period of time, I should also disengage from this government and come home and join the people’s party; that is the APC.”
Danbaba also stated that he could not leave the APC because President Muhammadu Buhari commanded a large group of supporters in his area.
“He won in 2003 as the ANPP Presidential Candidate, in 2007 as ANPP candidate again, He won only in Kaiama; in 2011, he won as CPC and 2015 as APC candidate,” he said.
“This is because we believe in his leadership; we believe he could provide effective leadership to the nation.”