Senator Akwashiki dumps APC, cites doctoring of delegates’ list

The senator representing Nasarawa North senatorial zone in the National Assembly, Godiya Akwashiki, on Monday dumped the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

Akwashiki made public his defection from the ruling APC at the headquarters of Nassarawa Eggon Local Goverment Area while inaugurating the construction of a two-kilometre Nassarawa Eggon – Galle road.

He, however, kept his teeming supporters in suspense of his next political tent as according to the senator, “in the next 72 hours, you will see a platform that I will join and we will all move together.”

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Akwashiki explained that he was dumping APC due to alleged doctoring of delegates’ list by the national secretariat of the party during the recently conducted primary elections of the APC.

His words: “You have seen and you are all aware of what transpired during the APC primary election in Akwanga. I had withdrawn from the race because the delegates’ lists were doctored by the party.

“I have been under pressure by you to leave the party and today, I have answered your call to leave APC to actualize my re-election ambition.”

On the inaugurated road for construction, Akwashiki said he has decided to construct the road in order to boost transportation and agriculture as well as improve on the standard of living of people of the area and its environs.

President of Eggon Cultural Development Association (ECDA), a socio-cultural organisation, Mr. David Abuluya, lauded Senator Akwashiki over his purposeful leadership in Eggon nation and beyond.

The Star