Shehu Sani Quits APC, Announces New Party

The Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District, Shehu Sani, has resigned his membership of the All Progressives Congress.

The senator, in a letter dated October 19 and addressed to the Chairman of the APC in Ward 6, Tundun Wada North, Kaduna, and copied the party’s National Chairman, Mr. Adams Oshiomhole, did not give reasons for his action.

The letter reads, “I present to you highest compliments and wish by this communication to formally offer to you my resignation from the All Progressives Congress.

“I had joined the APC and remained with it against all odds with the belief that it will constitute a veritable platform for the realisation of those democratic ideals which I hold very dear.

“(I had hoped) that honour and integrity will be the ultimate ethos of the party and, most importantly, that internal party democracy will always be the norm.

“However, only posterity can affirm the extent to which the APC has committed to and reflected these values.

“As I exit the APC at this point in time, I wish to formally thank the party for availing me the platform upon which I am currently serving this country in the honoured capacity of Senator of the Federal Republic.

“I wish the party well in all its future endeavours and ask, Sir, that you please accept the assurances of my highest considerations.”

Punch reports that Sani would announce his next political move, latest on Tuesday.

He said, “The senator wants to keep his political enemies guessing and in suspense for now. He will definitely make his next move public latest by Tuesday.”

The National Secretariat of the APC said it learnt about Sani’s alleged defection from the media.

The party, through its National Publicity Secretary,  Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, promised to make a formal pronouncement about the issue when it received further clarification.

“The party leadership will relate with all the facts concerning the reported defection and react appropriately in due course,” he added.