I’ve parted ways politically with Atiku – Fintiri

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Ahmadu Fintiri, governor of Adamawa state, says he has parted ways politically with Atiku Abubakar, the former vice-president.

He noted that although their personal relationship remains intact, they now belong to different political camps.Fintiri spoke on Tuesday during an interview on Channels Television, where he addressed questions about his relationship with Atiku and the unfolding political realignments.

“Yes, I still have [a good relationship]. There’s nothing that has gone bad. It is just that everybody has taken his political ways and I am today in APC; they are in another party. But the stability of this country matters in the polity of the nation.” the governor said.

Last Friday, Fintiri announced his formal defection to the All Progressives Congress in a statewide broadcast, saying members of his cabinet and the PDP in the state had moved with him to the ruling party.

Earlier that week, 15 lawmakers of the Adamawa state house of assembly, including Bathiya Wesley, speaker of the house, and Buba Jijiwa, his deputy, had resigned from the PDP, citing the “lingering crisis” in the party. Thecable

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