{"id":194688,"date":"2026-02-13T10:04:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T09:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/if-my-people-want-me-to-join-apc-i-have-no-choice-fintiri"},"modified":"2026-02-13T11:10:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T10:10:47","slug":"if-my-people-want-me-to-join-apc-i-have-no-choice-fintiri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/if-my-people-want-me-to-join-apc-i-have-no-choice-fintiri","title":{"rendered":"If my people want me to join APC, I have no choice \u2013 Fintiri"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, has addressed growing speculation about a possible defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC), saying his political future would be guided by the wishes of the people of the state.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with journalists, Fintiri said politics is about serving the people and that he would not resist any decision supported by the majority of Adamawa residents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are a lot of rumours about whether I will defect to the APC or not. If that is the wish of my people, I will not object because politics is all about the people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The governor criticised what he described as \u201cpolitical merchants\u201d fuelling tension around the issue, accusing them of acting out of fear and self-interest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are people making noise, political merchants, who are treacherous and afraid. I am coming with value, prosperity, and strength to add to wherever we are going,\u201d Fintiri stated.<\/p>\n<p>He emphasised that his administration has built strong grassroots support through development projects, infrastructure, and investments in human capital across the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAdamawa is secure because we have built organic connections through development and infrastructure, particularly in human capital. If my people say I should stay, I will stay and I will win,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Fintiri maintained that his government\u2019s performance would ultimately determine its political success, stressing that the delivery of dividends of democracy remains his priority.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWherever we go, the most important thing is that we have delivered, and we are going to win,\u201d the governor said.<\/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. Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, has addressed growing speculation about a possible defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC), saying his political future would be guided by the wishes of the people of the state. Speaking with journalists, Fintiri said politics is about serving the people and that he would not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":194687,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-194688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>If my people want me to join APC, I have no choice \u2013 Fintiri - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, has addressed growing speculation about a possible defection to the All Pr ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/if-my-people-want-me-to-join-apc-i-have-no-choice-fintiri\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"If my people want me to join APC, I have no choice \u2013 Fintiri\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, has addressed growing speculation about a possible defection to the All Pr ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/if-my-people-want-me-to-join-apc-i-have-no-choice-fintiri\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-13T09:04:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-13T10:10:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1770977377.763019.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/if-my-people-want-me-to-join-apc-i-have-no-choice-fintiri#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/if-my-people-want-me-to-join-apc-i-have-no-choice-fintiri\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"If my people want me to join APC, I have no choice \u2013 Fintiri\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-13T09:04:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-13T10:10:47+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/if-my-people-want-me-to-join-apc-i-have-no-choice-fintiri\"},\"wordCount\":276,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/if-my-people-want-me-to-join-apc-i-have-no-choice-fintiri#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1770977377.763019.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/if-my-people-want-me-to-join-apc-i-have-no-choice-fintiri#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/if-my-people-want-me-to-join-apc-i-have-no-choice-fintiri\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/if-my-people-want-me-to-join-apc-i-have-no-choice-fintiri\",\"name\":\"If my people want me to join APC, I have no choice \u2013 Fintiri - 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