Governor
of Kano state on Thursday has revealed that the new chairman of the
Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) would defect to the ruling All
Progressives Congress(APC)in the future.
Ali Modu Sheriff with APC members
Speaking in Abuja while fielding questions from journalists at the
monthly All Progressives Congress (APC) media roundtable, the governor
of Kano state, Abdullahi Ganduje on Thursday, said Ali Modu Sherriff,
the new chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), would work for
the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
While dismissing the threat of the new PDP chairman that his party
would reclaim power in 2019, Ganduje said Sheriff’s antecedent shows he
is 'a cross carpeter'.
"I am sure in the long run he (Sheriff) will work for us, and
that is what I believe. Looking at the antecedents, the history of the
chairman himself, we all know he is a ‘cross carpeter’.
"He is always on the move in changing from one party to the
other. Even when he was in All Nigerian People’s Party (ANPP) for eight
years, he was working for the Peoples Democratic Party.
"Even, the APC started with him, and then he went back to the
PDP and we were happy. We are happy because we believe in the long run
he would work for us; find out his history, you will believe me."
On security, the governor said the time was ripe to allow states to be in charge of their own policing and security. "The
situation we find ourselves, I think there is no better time we need
the state police than now because the security at the moment requires
intelligence information," he said.
He added, "It involves people who are conversant about the
society, who are conversant with the tradition, who are conversant with
the culture. They are in a better position to assist in terms of
surveillance, in terms of collecting information and in terms of being
effective. So I think the idea of a state police is something that we
need to pursue."
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