{"id":168710,"date":"2025-07-08T10:52:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T09:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/ex-minister-waziri-dumps-party-joins-adc-in-yobe"},"modified":"2025-07-08T11:59:33","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T10:59:33","slug":"ex-minister-waziri-dumps-party-joins-adc-in-yobe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ex-minister-waziri-dumps-party-joins-adc-in-yobe","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Minister, Waziri dumps party, joins ADC in Yobe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former Minister of Police Affairs and three time Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), governorship candidate, Adamu Maina Waziri, has defected to African Democratic Congress, (ADC), in Yobe state.<\/p>\n<p>This followed his formal resignation from the PDP on Monday in Potiskum LGA of the State.<\/p>\n<p>He tendered his resignation letter to the Ward Chairman at the Dogo-tebo ward in Potiskum.<\/p>\n<p>Waziri, PDP Board of Trustees member, cited that the PDP\u2019s \u201ccurrent leadership and direction as inconsistent with a major political party,\u201d adding that the party \u201chas lost its moral standing as the primary opposition bastion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He promised to mobilise his political associates to join ADC, calling on others to join in a movement to \u201crestore democratic hope in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Waziri\u2019s defection coincided with an ADC zonal meeting in Potiskum town, with the party\u2019s leaders using the occasion to urge youth, women, and the elderly to join the ADC to move the country forward.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Former Minister of Police Affairs and three time Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), governorship candidate, Adamu Maina Waziri, has defected to African Democratic Congress, (ADC), in Yobe state. This followed his formal resignation from the PDP on Monday in Potiskum LGA of the State. 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