Onetime Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC), Nuhu Ribadu, on Friday returned to the All Progressives
Congress (APC). He said in a statement that he has heeded the calls in him to
return to APC, a party which he was a founding member. Continue to read his
statement in full…
"I re-registered as a member of the APC on Thursday through
the party’s online portal. After that, the leadership of the party in my Bako
ward of Yola South Local Government Area visited me in my Yola residence to
welcome me back to their fold.
"My decision to return to the APC was triggered by my believe
that all politics are local. Almost everyone around me, and with whom we
started my political journey believed the time had come for us to make
sacrifices and make concessions. That is in addition to the unbelievable love
that my friends in the APC have showered on me in the past months.
They demonstrated in words and action that they wanted me
back home.
"I also did a deep and long reassessment of the circumstances
that warranted my exit from the APC in the first place. I left the APC in 2014
owing to fundamental disagreements with the ways the chapter of the party in my
state was run after it fell into some hands.
"Some colleagues and I tried hard to save the then APC
administration from an orchestrated impeachment plot which was unfortunately
carried out with active collaboration of some ranking APC members in the state.
"However, events in the last 15 months have addressed many of
the issues and healed some of the wounds. More so, with the genuine and sincere
invitations I received since last year to retrace my steps into the party, I
decided to return after consulting family and political associates at all levels.
"I would like to appreciate all those members of the party
who privately and publicly prodded me to return to the party. My appreciation
also goes to the leadership of our party, from my ward in Bako to the national
leadership, for the enthusiasm they showed in having me back," he said.
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