Analyst Says Ribadu’s Defection To PDP Is An APC Plot

Many Nigerians have been reacting to the defection of former Chairman
of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Nuhu Ribadu,
from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the People's Democratic
Party (PDP) ahead of the October 11 governorship bye election in
Adamawa State.

Mr Ribadu, a former presidential candidate of the defunct Action
Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in 2011, was reported to have registered as
a PDP member and given a party membership card at his Bako ward in
Yola South Local Government Area of Adamawa State on Saturday.

In an interview with Channels Television, a public affairs
commentator, Mr Emmanuel Ado, said that Ribadu's defection to PDP may
likely be a plot by the APC, which may have pushed him to PDP, in
order to reclaim the governorship seat of Adamawa State, following the
impeachment of the former governor, Murtala Nyako, by members of the
State House of Assembly.

While stating that the former anti-corruption boss had lost his
credibility by defecting to the PDP, a party he once described as
party of thieves, Mr Ado stressed that Ribadu also lacked the
political influence to win the governorship seat in Adamawa State,
adding that the greatest beneficiary in the whole matter would be the
former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar.

He further pointed out that the PDP would lose Adamawa State if it
goes ahead to field Ribadu as its candidate in the October 11 bye
election.