{"id":170445,"date":"2025-07-20T20:28:47","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T19:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/ex-adamawa-apc-guber-candidate-binani-defects-to-adc"},"modified":"2025-07-20T22:42:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T21:42:11","slug":"ex-adamawa-apc-guber-candidate-binani-defects-to-adc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ex-adamawa-apc-guber-candidate-binani-defects-to-adc","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Adamawa APC guber candidate, Binani defects to ADC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The 2023 governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Adamawa State, Senator Aishatu Ahmed Binani has defected to the African Democratic Congress, ADC.<\/p>\n<p>Binani\u2019s media aide, Maulud Usman confirmed the development , clarifying that the politician flew into Yola on Saturday evening and made the declaration of her defection to a few family members and friends.<\/p>\n<p>Adamawa had woken up on Sunday to social media reports of Binani\u2019s defection, but official information to that effect could not be immediately accessed.<\/p>\n<p>Shedding further light on the development on Sunday afternoon, Maulud said the declaration was a quiet one with no invitation for media coverage.<\/p>\n<p>He said however that Binani, who was the senator for Adamawa Central Zone as at the time she contested for the governorship seat in 2023, would be back in Yola soon for a more elaborate identification with her new party.<\/p>\n<p>Binani lost narrowly to the incumbent Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2023 election.<\/p>\n<p>DAILY POST reports that Binani\u2019s exit from the APC was predictable, as she has not been having it smooth with the party\u2019s leadership.<\/p>\n<p>The APC leadership in the state has been appearing to demonstrate what many regard as undue affinity to the National Security Adviser, Malam Nuhu Ribadu who, by virtue of his position at the federal level, is the leader of the APC in Adamawa.<\/p>\n<p>It is believed that Binani was not comfortable with the situation, considering the political rivalry between her and Ribadu.<\/p>\n<p>Ribadu was one of the five men who lost the APC ticket to Binani in 2023 and is believed to be either still interested in becoming governor or anointing someone in his stead come 2027.<\/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. The 2023 governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Adamawa State, Senator Aishatu Ahmed Binani has defected to the African Democratic Congress, ADC. 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