I Told You to Join PDP, Why Did You Move to APC? ––Jeremiah Useni Dares Reps Member



Those who think House of Reps members do not have a mind of their
own will be disappointed...
Indeed, politics is an endless play out of intrigue. How else do you
explain the chairman of one party asking a member of his party to
decamp to a different party? But it actually happened.
The Chairman of the Democratic Peoples Party, DPP, General
Jeremiah Useni, has denounced a member of the House of Reps who
decamped on Tuesday from DPP to the All Progressives Congress,
APC. He says he “directed” the member to decamp to PDP and was
shock when he saw him in APC. Very funny!
Mr Useni wrote the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu
Tambuwal, saying Suleiman Kwande’s decision to join the APC is not
with his blessings.
“This is to inform you (Tambuwal) that he (Kwande) does not have
my backing, he was directed to declare for the PDP,” Mr. Useni, a
retired army general, said in his letter.
But in his reaction, Hon. Kwande says his decision to decamp to the
APC was well thought out, and after due consultations with his
constituents.
“My decision was based on my conviction. And I obviously didn’t just
jump into APC without consulting the people in my constituency, I am
representing hundreds of thousands of people and I consulted with
people.
"I don’t think giving instruction on which party to join is a good omen
for democracy. I should be able to choose where to go, not a party
chairman or someone saying you should go to this or that place.”