‘I won’t join Atiku in PDP’ – Mama Taraba

<header class="amp-wp-article-header" style="align-items: center; background-color: white; color: #353535; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; font-family: Merriweather, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; margin: 1.5em 16px; place-content: stretch space-between;"><h1 class="amp-wp-title" style="flex: 1 0 100%; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 0.625em; width: 328px;"> <br /></h1> </header><figure class="amp-wp-article-featured-image wp-caption" style="background-color: white; color: #353535; font-family: Merriweather, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px;"><amp-img alt="" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image amp-wp-enforced-sizes i-amphtml-element i-amphtml-layout-responsive i-amphtml-layout-size-defined i-amphtml-layout" height="354" sizes="(min-width: 604px) 604px, 100vw" src="https://i1.wp.com/media.premiumtimesng.com/wp-content/files/2016/08/Aisha-Alhassan.jpg?fit=604%2C354&ssl=1" srcset="https://i1.wp.com/media.premiumtimesng.com/wp-content/files/2016/08/Aisha-Alhassan.jpg?w=660&ssl=1 660w, https://i1.wp.com/media.premiumtimesng.com/wp-content/files/2016/08/Aisha-Alhassan.jpg?resize=526%2C308&ssl=1 526w" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; overflow: hidden !important; position: relative; width: 100vw;" width="604"><i-amphtml-sizer style="display: block; padding-top: 210.984px;"></i-amphtml-sizer><img alt="" class="i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content" decoding="async" src="https://i1.wp.com/media.premiumtimesng.com/wp-content/files/2016/08/Aisha-Alhassan.jpg?w=660&ssl=1" style="border: none !important; bottom: 0px; display: block; height: 0px; left: 0px; margin: auto; max-height: 100%; max-width: 100%; min-height: 100%; min-width: 100%; padding: 0px !important; position: absolute; right: 0px; top: 0px; width: 0px;" /></amp-img><div class="wp-caption-text" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(194, 194, 194); color: dimgrey; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 0.875em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-left: 18px; margin-right: 18px; padding: 0.66em 10px 0.75em;"> Minister of Women Affairs, Aisha Alhassan</div> </figure><div class="amp-wp-article-content" style="background-color: white; color: #353535; font-family: Merriweather, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; margin: 0px 16px;"> <div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> An ally of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and Minister of Women Affairs, Aisha Alhassan, has denied speculations that she is planning to dump the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> The minister also pledged allegiance on President Muhammadu Buhari, saying “I am and I will continue to remain in APC.’’</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> Mr. Abubakar had in December defected to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> It was speculated that Mrs. Alhassan, a former senator, and other allies of the former vice president would join him in the PDP.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> She had earlier in September said she would support Mr. Abubakar for the 2019 presidential election even if President Muhammadu Buhari decided to run.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> “Atiku is my godfather even before I joined politics,” she said in Hausa. “And again, Baba Buhari did not tell us that he is going to run in 2019.”</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> “Let me tell you today that if Baba said he is going to contest in 2019, I swear to Allah, I will go before him and kneel and tell him that ‘Baba I am grateful for the opportunity you gave me to serve your government as a minister but Baba just like you know I will support only Atiku because he is my godfather. If Atiku said he is going to contest.”</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> But in a telephone interview with PREMIUM TIMES, the minister, popularly called Mama Taraba, said she was not forced to leave the PDP on which platform she became a senator, she would remain in the APC.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> “Politics is all about interest, and nobody forced me to leave PDP to join APC, so no want will force me out of it,” she said.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> “I will continue to work for APC and that’s why I travelled out to Taraba, to campaign for our party’s candidate Sanusi Jambawaile.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> “I know many may wish to see me leaving APC, but let me assure them I will remain in APC!</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> ‘’So, how can I destroy the house we collectively built?”</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> Although, she declined comment on Mr. Abubakar’s defection from the APC, said the party “is intact in Taraba.’’</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> She added, “There is no squabble or faction, and our great party APC in Taraba is intact. That’s why we all work and campaigned together with His Excellency the former Acting Governor UTC.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> ‘’So, we are one no any problem as some of you thought,’’ she further.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> Meanwhile, the acting chairman of APC in the state, Sani Chul, has expressed happiness with the minister’s decision to remain in the party.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> “We are really happy with her decision, it is clear that she has seen some changes in the areas she complaint about in recent past if there are any,” he said</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> “Yes, there were issues in APC like in any other party but clearly we are better.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> “And most importantly, it is the minister that should be congratulated because by her action, she has extended the lifespan of her political career; she would have a lot to gain in the APC than in PDP.’’</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> Also speaking, one of the minister’s supporters, Naomi Dogo, said it would be a “suicidal mission” if she joined Mr. Abubakar in the PDP.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> “Following Atiku to PDP or whatever party would be a suicide mission for her; Atiku had globe trotted from one party to another, all in a bid to become president and Nigerians would not gamble with their future,” she said.</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;"> “Power belongs to God and you can’t get it by force; he too should have persevered in the APC to see what God has in stock for him; we earnestly congratulate Mama Taraba for making a tough but wise decision to remain in APC</div> </div>

‘I won’t join Atiku in PDP’ – Mama Taraba

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2019: Nollywood actor, Ugezu J. Ugezu declares for president

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2019: Nollywood actor, Ugezu J. Ugezu declares for president

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"Gov El-Rufai Blasts Senator Ben Murray-Bruce-You Are A Liar

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box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; max-width: none; padding: 0px; width: auto;"> <div class="article-start" style="backface-visibility: hidden !important; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; height: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 340px;"> </div> <div class="small-12 medium-9 right column" style="backface-visibility: hidden !important; box-sizing: border-box; float: right !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 340px;"> <div class="article-content" style="backface-visibility: hidden !important; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="post-body xt-post-content" itemprop="articleBody" style="backface-visibility: hidden !important; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <br /> <br /> <figure class="wp-caption alignleft" id="attachment_261683" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: left; margin: 5px 20px 5px 0px; max-width: 100%; width: 504px;"><img alt="" class="size-large wp-image-261683" height="264" sizes="(max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px" src="https://17350-presscdn-0-16-pagely.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Ben-Bruce-504x264.jpg" srcset="https://17350-presscdn-0-16-pagely.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Ben-Bruce-504x264.jpg 504w, https://17350-presscdn-0-16-pagely.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Ben-Bruce-495x259.jpg 495w, https://17350-presscdn-0-16-pagely.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Ben-Bruce.jpg 510w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="504" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; margin-top: 0px;">Point of Correction: Senator Ben Murray-Bruce.</figcaption></figure><br /> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 1.08rem; line-height: 1.575rem; margin-bottom: 30px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has blasted Senator Ben Murray-Bruce of Bayelsa State for feeding the public with wrong information over the Lagos-Kano dual track-standard gauge rail system.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 1.08rem; line-height: 1.575rem; margin-bottom: 30px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday commissioned 10 new coaches and two locomotives for the Abuja-Kaduna route. During the commissioning, President Buhari rode on the train.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 1.08rem; line-height: 1.575rem; margin-bottom: 30px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> In his comments on twitter, Senator Murray-Bruce said President Buhari should say thank you to former President Goodluck Jonathan for the train ride he enjoyed in Kaduna.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 1.08rem; line-height: 1.575rem; margin-bottom: 30px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> He said the achievement was entirely the handiwork of the Jonathan government, adding: ”Nigeria should give honour to whom honour is due”.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 1.08rem; line-height: 1.575rem; margin-bottom: 30px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> But Governor El-Rufai fired back immediately on his twitter handle, saying that Sen. Murray-Bruce was wrong.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 1.08rem; line-height: 1.575rem; margin-bottom: 30px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> The Kaduna governor explained that it was the Obasanjo government that designed and raised the financing and started the EPC of the Lagos-Kano dual track-standard gauge rail system, and the Abuja Light Rail. He said Jonathan was not part of that government.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 1.08rem; line-height: 1.575rem; margin-bottom: 30px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> El-Rufai tweeted: ”Wrong Distinuguisnhed Senator! The Obasanjo administration which Jonathan was not part of, designed, raised the financing and started the EPC of the Lagos-Kano dual track-standard gauge rail system, and the Abuja Light Rail. Yar’Adua-Jonathan stalled both projects for two years!</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 1.08rem; line-height: 1.575rem; margin-bottom: 30px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> Read Ben Murray-Bruce earlier tweet:<br /> @benmurraybruce<br /> I hope President @MBuhari remembers to say thank you to former President @GEJonathan for the train ride he enjoyed in Kaduna. Some of us haven’t forgotten that that achievement was ENTIRELY the handiwork of the Jonathan government. Nigeria should give honour to whom honour is due.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 1.08rem; line-height: 1.575rem; margin-bottom: 30px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> <br /> <ol> <li><img alt="" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-361781" height="247" sizes="(max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px" src="https://17350-presscdn-0-16-pagely.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/fighto-504x247.jpg" srcset="https://17350-presscdn-0-16-pagely.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/fighto-504x247.jpg 504w, https://17350-presscdn-0-16-pagely.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/fighto.jpg 565w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-size: 1.08rem; height: auto; margin: 0px 0px 20px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="504" /></li> </ol> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </article></div> </div>

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