… Says “I am 95 % out of APC”
… Meets Atiku Campaign Coordinator
… to meet Prof. Jerry Gana, PDP Chairman, others soon
MINNA: The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Niger state is about to lose one of its stalwarts Comrade Jonathan Vatsa to the opposition People’s Democratic Party PD following various consultations.
Vatsa who is a pioneer member of the APC and a Chieftain of the Party confirmed that he is set to dump the ruling party.
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The former Publicity Secretary of the APC told selected Journalists after a closed door meeting with the Niger state Coordinator of the Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Presidential campaign in the 2023 general election, Dr. Zagbayi Shem Nuhu in Minna, the state capital that he is about 100 percent sure he is leaving the ruling party.
The meeting which took place at the private residence of the former Deputy Governor of the state lasted for about two hours.
However, this latest meeting with Atiku Campaign Coordinator has further buttressed the speculations that the Coordinator on Public Affairs to the state Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello has made up his mind to dump the ruling party for the opposition party in a matter of days.
Findings have it that the meeting between the duo is not unconnected with the current political alignment ahead of 2023, and a possible switch of loyalty from the ruling APC to the main opposition party.
While speaking with Journalists, the former Niger state Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism said “I am 95 percent out of the APC but I am still consulting members of the opposition party. I will be meeting with Professor Jerry Gana, the State Party Chairman of the PDP and other major stakeholders of the PDP as from tomorrow (Wednesday).”
It should be noted that the meeting is coming barely 48 hours after a similar closed door meeting between Vatsa and the former Governor of the state, Dr. Muazu Babangida Aliyu at his (Aliyu’s) residence.
Recalled that in 2006, Vatsa was the Coordinator of Atiku Abubakar Support Group, the Turaki Vanguard, Niger state chapter under the platform of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN). He later became the publicity secretary of APC in 2014 after the merger of ACN with other political parties.
