Africa Press-Nigeria:
Chief Barnabas Gemade, a former national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has opened up on why he moved back to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The two-time federal lawmaker said his return to the ruling party would help position APC for more wins in the future, Daily Trust reports.
Senator Gemade who disclosed this on Wednesday, August 5, while speaking to reporters in Makurdi added that he rejoined the APC in order to secure his reelection into the Senate.
He explained that when he left the PDP back in 2014, it was because the party had put a framework on ground to stop his second term bid as the senator representing Benue North-East senatorial district.
Senator Barnabas Gemade decamped to the APC. Photo Credit: The Nation/UGC
Source: UGC
In the wake of the 2019 elections, Gemade left the APC to actualize his failed third term senatorial bid on the platform of Social Democratic Party (SDP).
He went on to note that similar tactics were used back in 2019 to stop him from seeking reelection and had to change camp in order to actualize his goal.
He said: “When I left the PDP in 2015, precisely 2014, it was because the party had put a framework on ground to stop me from getting my second term as senator representing my senatorial zone.
“And I said well. If you have arsenals flying to shoot you down and you foolishly decide to stay there to be shot, then you are not a clever person. That’s why I left into APC. And I left in good time enough to win my election.
“In 2019, similar arsenals were put on line to stop me from seeking my election back into the senate and I in a similar manner, decided to change camp in order that I can secure my reelection into the senate.
