The National Working Committee of the PDP under Taminu Turaki has condemned the recent defection of Ahmadu Fintiri, the Governor of Adamawa State for the PDP to the ruling APC.
Ini Ememobong, the national publicity secretary of the Turaki led PDP in an official statement released on Friday reminds the Governor that human conduct remains subject to history and posterity.
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) expressed that Fintiri’s choice to depart from a platform that had been instrumental in his political journey through multiple election cycles, due to what it described as minor inconveniences, demonstrated a lack of restraint and cowardice rather than exhibiting principled leadership.
“We are aware of the official announcement of the long-speculated defection of His Excellency, Governor Ahmadu Fintiri, from our party to the All Progressives Congress today via a broadcast in Adamawa State.
“This move, though long speculated, had attracted several rebuttals from the Governor himself, even as recently as last week after the presidential visit to Adamawa. By this announcement, the Governor has confirmed what was previously rumoured by aligning with the ruling party, a move he claims is in the developmental interest of his state.
“While we acknowledge that this decision is within Fintiri’s legal rights, it clearly violates political principles and morality and poses a challenge to multi-party democracy and democratic consolidation. For someone to abandon a platform that provided political cover across several election cycles at the first sign of discomfort is an exhibition of unrestrained cowardice, not the conduct of a principled politician.
“As we bid Governor Fintiri farewell, we remind him that history and posterity are the ultimate and unbiased judges of human actions and are actively recording the deeds and omissions of individuals.”
