From Umar Dankano, Yola
Senator Binos Dauda Yaroe of the Adamawa southern senatorial district has announced his official defection from the people’s Democratic party, PDP to African Democratic party platform for the best political interests of his constituents.
Senator Yaroe made the disposition public at a press conference in Yola weekend stressing that he left the PDP after wide consultation with his constituents in the nine local government areas of the senatorial zone.
Yaroe categorically stated that the internal crisis which seems to be unreconciliable that fractured the party in to fragments pushed him to quit the party alleging that some hatchet jobbers were planned within the platform until it is completely destroyed beyond redemption.
“I first consulted my supporters across the nine local governments in my constituency. The PDP has become fractured into several factions and nobody can confidently say which one is legitimate.
“For anyone who intends to contest elections in 2027, it would be dangerous to remain in such a situation,” he added.
He confirmed to have formally resigned his PDP membership on February 19, and continued consultations with political allies and other opposition lawmakers before arriving at the decision to join ADC.
“We cannot all move to the ruling party. If everyone joins the APC, there will be no opposition left in the country. Democracy thrives when there is a strong voice of dissent,” the senator said.
Senator Yaroe noted that former Vice president Atiku Abubakar, and a leading figure in the emerging ADC coalition, has played a pivotal role in his political journey in to the ADC emphasizing that Atiku supported him during crucial moments in his career, including the PDP senatorial primaries in 2019 and his successful return to the Senate in 2023.
“I have been with Atiku Abubakar from the beginning of my political career. I am not someone who forgets people who stood by me in difficult times,” Yaroe said.
He stressed that it would have been politically inconsistent for him to join a different political camp while Atiku leads the ADC coalition.
On the 2027 general elections,Yaroe said that the political wrestling is going to be between the ruling APC and Nigerians advancing that the real sufferings experiencing by the people will certainly vote APC led administration out of office in 2027.
“APC is an overloaded boat already sinking in to the deep ocean of politics and very soon we will see those inside the boat jumping out for survival.
