Mohammed Abacha Joins APC?

Mohammed Abacha.

With less than three weeks to the all important general elections held next month across Nigeria, there are conflicting reports that the son of late head of state, Mohammed Abacha, may have dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC).
It will be recalled that the junior Abacha was one of the aggrieved gubernatorial aspirants of the PDP in Kano State.
Reports surfaced at the weekend that Abacha and some leaders of the APC at the national level met in Abuja in an effort to smooth his planned defection to the opposition party.

However, the Daily Trust newspaper reports online on January 26, 2015, that Abacha, in a telephone interview conducted on Sunday, denied defecting from the PDP to the APC.
According to the report, he stated that he remained a loyal and committed member of the PDP, adding that he would remain in the PDP no matter the challenge.
“People have been calling to confirm the veracity of the report that I have decamped to APC. It is
not true. I’m in PDP and will remain there Insha Allah. Rumour mongering is one of the ills hindering our political development in this country but unfortunately, it has become part of us in this county,” he said.

The late Sani Abacha

Meanwhile, the son of the late head of state expressed dismay over the conduct of the PDP governorship primaries in Kano State, saying the selection of the party delegates was carried out in violation of the party’s constitution.
“We asked our party’s leadership to correct the anomaly in the selection process to avoid litigation after the poll. If our party wins election, our opponent can take us to court.
“To avoid this, we appeal for correction of the irregularities. Somebody has gone to court to seek redress on the irregularity and I won’t want to pre-empt the judgement but what I can say is that we are all waiting for the outcome of the case,” he said.
It will be recalled that President Goodluck Jonathan last month met behind closed-doors with Mohammed Abacha.

Speaking at the end of the meeting held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, the aspirant told State House correspondents that he was confident that the PDP would recover its stolen mandate from the APC in the state during next month’s polls.

The federal government last June withdrew N446.3bn theft charges instituted against the younger Abacha, having initiated nine counts of stealing against him in February 2014.

 

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