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After quitting the All Progressives Congress (APC), former Niger State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Jonathan Tsado Vatsa and 200 former supporters of the get together have joined the Social Democratic Party (SDP).
The former APC chieftain and his supporters declared for the SDP at Anguwa-Gulu Vatsa Ward in the Lapai Local Government Area of Niger State on Wednesday.
He was issued with SDP membership card N10120100001 by the ward Chairman of the get together, Alhaji Adamu Mohammed Baba.
Vatsas’ supporters on the transient ceremony have been additionally issued with SDP membership playing cards after they submitted their former APC playing cards.
Chairman of the get together whereas presenting the membership card to the person he described as a “big fish” maintained that his contributions to the event of the world remained unequalled.
“The decision you have taken today to leave APC is long overdue, it is a welcome development because the party has failed Nigerians,” Baba stated.
With your (Vatsa) grassroots political expertise and your contributions to the political improvement of the state, we’re assured that SDP will take over the reins of energy in Niger State in 2027,” he added.
Last Monday whereas formally quitting the APC, Vatsa described his former get together as “haven of corruption and maladministration at all levels” including, “all the principles of democracy are no longer available in the APC.”
“Today (Monday) as I speak to you the All Progressives Congress party has not only been taken over by the same people we accused of looting the country to submission, these people are perfectly in charge of the affairs of the country such that only about 10 per cent of the founding members of the APC are in government today across the country.”
