Niger: Vatsa dumps APC, takes over 200 supporters to SDP

Former Niger State Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Jonathan Vatsa, has defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, to the Social Democratic Party, SDP, alongside implicit 200 supporters.

Vatsa announced his defection connected Wednesday astatine Gulu-Anguwa-Gulu Vatsa Ward successful Lapai Local Government Area, hardly 2 weeks aft resigning from the APC implicit what helium described arsenic the party's betrayal of Nigerians' trust.

He was presented with SDP rank paper fig N10120100001 by the party's ward chairman, Adamu Mohammed Baba.

Addressing supporters, the erstwhile APC publicity caput successful the authorities called connected residents to ballot the ruling enactment retired successful 2027, accusing the medication of mismanaging nationalist funds contempt important national allocations and loans.

Vatsa described the APC-led authorities arsenic the worst since the instrumentality to ideology successful 1999, alleging that it had small to amusement for the resources astatine its disposal.

"This is simply a authorities that has tremendous resources from the national account, including loans, yet you cannot constituent to a azygous task worthy ₦5 cardinal that has been completed," helium said.

He urged residents to get their Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs, and hole to ballot against the APC successful the adjacent wide election.

Vatsa said his determination to articulation the SDP was besides influenced by his assurance successful the party's governorship candidate, Mohammed Mohammed Ndarani, SAN, whom helium described arsenic a trustworthy person with a recor...