Ex-Kaduna Finance Commissioner Sa’idu Joins APC
Muhammad Sa’idu, the former Kaduna State Commissioner for Finance and ex-ally of former Governor Nasir El-Rufai, announced his defection from the African Democratic Congress (ADC) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Saturday in Zaria. He declared the ADC dead in Kaduna State, stating that over 200,000 card-carrying members had joined the APC alongside him.
Sa’idu, who previously served as Chief of Staff under El-Rufai, defected with former ADC governorship aspirant Jafaru Sani and former Senator Suleiman Abdu Kwari. He criticized the ADC for being hijacked by a few individuals and claimed that his group, Kaduna De-Initiatives, had built the ADC's structure.
Sa’idu asserted that the ADC no longer had credible political figures in the state and predicted it would finish a distant third in the upcoming 2027 elections. Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani welcomed the defectors, praising Sa’idu's principled nature and assuring them of equal opportunities within the APC.
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