In a improvement that would reshape Adamawa’s political panorama forward of 2027, former All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Senator Aishatu Ahmed Binani, has formally joined the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
Though the information initially surfaced by whispers and unverified social media reviews early Sunday morning, Binani’s media aide, Maulud Usman, confirmed the transfer later within the day.
He revealed that the senator arrived in Yola on Saturday and quietly knowledgeable shut family and friends of her defection.
“There was no media presence or public fanfare,” Maulud stated. “It was a private declaration, but she intends to return soon for a more official and public unveiling with her new political home.”
Binani, who represented Adamawa Central within the Senate and narrowly misplaced the 2023 governorship race to PDP incumbent Ahmadu Fintiri, had been broadly anticipated to half methods with the APC.
Her relationship with the celebration’s management had reportedly grown strained, particularly with the growing affect of National Security Adviser, Malam Nuhu Ribadu — a political rival and a kind of she defeated through the 2023 APC primaries.
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Observers say the rift between Binani and Ribadu widened after the latter gained extra political clout on the nationwide stage, successfully sidelining her affect within the Adamawa chapter of the celebration.
“Her departure from APC didn’t come as a surprise,” stated a neighborhood political analyst. “The writing was on the wall since the end of the last election.”
Ribadu is believed to be both eyeing one other gubernatorial bid or positioning a loyalist for the ticket come 2027, making Binani’s prospects throughout the APC more and more untenable.
With Binani now within the ADC camp, hypothesis is already swirling about her subsequent political transfer. Will she make one other run for the Adamawa governorship? Or is she repositioning for a federal appointment beneath a brand new alliance?
Her defection can also be a sign of deepening cracks throughout the APC, particularly in northern states the place inside celebration politics has taken heart stage as new coalitions and realignments collect steam for the following normal elections.
