The Adamawa State chapter of Association of Local Governments of Nigeria has disassociated its members from an alleged planned defection to the All Progressives Congress.
The state Chairman of ALGON and also Chairman of Fufore Local Government Council, Alhaji Sahabo Aliyu, said this Monday at a press briefing in Yola.
Aliyu said the claim by the Chairman of Gombi Local Government Council, Alhaji Rufai Umar, who had defected to the APC, saying that other chairmen of the party would soon join him was not true.
Aliyu said Rufai’s decision was personal and not the position of ALGON in the state.
He said: “Rufai is on his own.
“I want to assure the people of Adamawa that all the remaining 20 local government chairmen in the state are still in the Peoples Democratic Party and have no plan to move to any political party.
“We are all elected under PDP and our loyalty is for PDP and his Excellency, Governor Bala Ngilari, who is our new leader in the state.”
Aliyu urged the people of Adamawa State to continue to support the state PDP-led administration of Ngilari, which, he said, was committed to ensuring justice and fairness to all.