Despite My Closeness To Wada, I Remain In APC – Audu

Abubakar-Audu-0512Ex-Kogi State governor, Prince Abubakar Audu, has denied speculations that he has dumped his party – All Progressives Congress (APC) – for the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Audu, who made the clarification in a chat with The Nation, blamed those he called ‘political idlers’ for spreading the rumor of his defection to PDP.

The rumor mills became agog with news of the APC chieftain’s defection when he was sighted standing beside the incumbent governor, Cpt. Idris Wada of PDP, during the groundbreaking ceremony of the Kogi Unity House in Abuja.

However, dismissing the claims, the ex-governor said he was not in the mould of “bread and butter politicians”, who cross-carpet from one party to the other, stressing that he has been friends with the incumbent governor for about 40 years and will not shy away from associating with the common interest of Kogi people.

He said: “I remain in APC, I have been a friend to Governor Wada for about 40 years and when a party has won in an election I will not say I no longer belong in the state, all that is for political jobbers and idlers who have nothing to offer.

“When a party wins in an election, it is incumbent on all to join hands and move the state forward. Do you see that, in say America that when an incumbent wins in an election, all other opposition should deny them?”

Asked about his seeming endorsement of Gov. Wada and implication of hobnobbing with an opposition governor, Audu called for discernment, saying he was not one to jump from one political party to another.

He said, “I am one politician that has never left my party for another. Governor Wada came to visit me and nobody said he dumped PDP and I wonder where all these came from. I remain in APC and nothing can change that”.