The Governor of Adamawa State, Jibrilla Bindo on Tuesday gave the reason he would not leave the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, like former Vice President Atiku Abubakar.
The reason he gave was that he helped to build the party.
Bindo who spoke with journalists shortly after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, said he would remain in the party forever.
“I am in APC for the rest of my life, period,” he said.
He however said that Atiku was mature to take whatever decision he had chosen to take.
His words: “Let me talk about Atiku first before myself. The former vice president is more than mature enough to decide whatever he wants to decide for himself.
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“As far as I am concerned, I am one of the founding fathers of APC. When I was in the Senate, we were the ones, alongside the current Senate President that worked very hard to ensure that all members of the National Assembly; that we agreed to move to APC. So, I cannot see any reason why, today, that the house I built, that I will leave.
“So I am in APC for the rest of my life, period.”
Talking about the strength of the APC in Adamawa State despite the exit of Aiku, he said:
“Well, APC is strong, we have 25 members in the state assembly, 23, in fact, 24 now because one of them has moved to the APC. So, 24 out of 25 members in the House of Assembly are APC.
“The three senators from the state are APC, even the House of Representatives, including Adamu Kamale, who recently moved to the APC. So, we are strong and we will continue to be strong.”
He said that he however still considered Atiku as his father.
“Not only Waziri, every elder in Adamawa State, as far as I am concerned, I regard them as my parents or elders.
“So, Waziri remains somebody I respect as a father, and the same with any other elder in the state.”
Atiku resigned from the All Progressives Congress last week.
He claimed that the party had failed and that he had been unjustly treated.