The Governor of Niger State, Dr Muazu Babngida Aliyu, has stated that politicians now defecting to opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) are hungry politicians, saying that he will rather quit politics than defect to the party.
He told the new executive of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) led by its Chairman Mallam Mohammed Mohammed and Former Local Government Council Chairmen led by Alhaji Saidu Abubakar, that it was lacking in principle and basic morality for any politician to join a party based on the victory of the party
“I’ll rather resign from politics instead of defecting from PDP. Those defecting from PDP based on the outcome of the presidential and National Assembly elections lack principles of integrity and morality, they are indeed stomach politicians.” Aliyu declared.
According to him “For principles of integrity, morality, we have chosen to remain in PDP. I heard people insinuating that I have dumped my party’s Governorship candidate for the APC candidate. It is a lie, I will never do such a thing.”
He added that Niger APC accusation against the PDP over alleged plans to rig in the April 11 gubernatorial election has shown that “they are indeed the very ones trying to rig and cause civil unrest. On our own side, we will abide by the rule to ensure nobody or party is cheated. The election must indeed reflect the wishes of the people.”
Source: Leadership
