{"id":52529,"date":"2021-10-29T15:55:48","date_gmt":"2021-10-29T14:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/2023-dino-melaye-speaks-on-defecting-to-apc"},"modified":"2021-10-29T16:26:58","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T15:26:58","slug":"2023-dino-melaye-speaks-on-defecting-to-apc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2023-dino-melaye-speaks-on-defecting-to-apc","title":{"rendered":"2023: Dino Melaye speaks on defecting to APC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former Kogi West Senator, Dino Melaye has dismissed claims of returning to the All Progressives Congress, APC.<\/p>\n

Melaye, who defected from the APC to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in 2018, said he has no plans of returning to his \u201cvomit.\u201d<\/p>\n

Featuring on Channels Television\u2019s Politics Today, the former lawmaker described the APC as a disaster that has caused Nigerians pain since coming to power in 2015.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cNo reasonable human being will go back to his vomit, the APC is a disaster. For every human being, there is a journey of life.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou will definitely pass through your Egypt to the land of Canaan. So I pass through Egypt, and that is APC, but I am in Canaan and I am comfortable and enjoying my stay.\u201d<\/p>\n

Melaye also accused the APC of being responsible for the crisis in the PDP.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. Former Kogi West Senator, Dino Melaye has dismissed claims of returning to the All Progressives Congress, APC. 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