A former acting governor of Taraba, Alhaji Garba
Umar, yesterday, dumped the Peoples
Democratic (PDP) for the All Progressives
Congress (APC).
Umar said in Jalingo at a meeting of APC
Integrity Group, that he took the decision after
consultations with political stakeholders in and
outside the state.
Umar said that he had decided to join hands
with politicians of like mind to save the state
from alleged bad governance.
“I can see future in APC, and if we work together
as a team, the party will wrestle power from PDP
in the state come 2019. I want to assure you
that this is the APC and I am part of it one
hundred per cent.
“I have decided to join my brothers of like mind
to see how we can salvage the state come 2019.
I assure you of my unwavering loyalty and
willingness to make all necessary contribution for
the success of this party and our mission,” Umar
said.
The former acting governor stated that he had
made an arrangement to officially decamp along
with hundreds of his supporters to the APC.
The Chairman of the APC Integrity Group, Alhaji
Uba Maigari, said that the party was honoured to
have the former acting governor and political
appointees that served under him joining the
party.
Maigari said Umar’s goodwill and political
connection would enhance APC’s chances in the
2019 general elections.
Umar, fondly known as UTC, was chosen by the
late Governor Danbaba Suntai as his deputy after
the impeachment of the then deputy governor,
Sani Abubakar.
He became the state’s acting governor after
Suntai’s plane crash in 2012. He was later
sacked by the Supreme Court in 2014 when the
apex court ruled that Abubakar’s impeachment
was illegal and ordered his reinstatement. (NAN)