I have yet to join PDP after quitting APC, says Naja’atu Muhammad

The former Director of Civil Society Organizations and a member of the Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Hajia Naja’atu Bala Muhammad has denied joining the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) after resigning from the ruling party.

She also debunked the claims by the APC PCC that she was sacked for gross incompetence and being a mole in its fold.

She said that she resigned on her own conviction that her former party was not going on the path of redeeming Nigeria and Nigerians from the present economic and security challenges.

Speaking on AIT breakfast programme “Kakaaki” on Wednesday, Najaatu said she quit her job and the party because she could not in good conscience continue to be in her post why things were not going well in Nigeria.

According to her, the APC and its presidential candidate would not rescue Nigeria from the present situation, pointing out that she was persuaded to accept the PCC job and when she found out that she was no longer enjoying the development in the party she had to quit.

Najaatu who was the 1st Woman Student Union President of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria during her school days said that she was against the APC Muslim-Muslim ticket, saying that it was wrong in Islam which “preaches against injustice and marginalization.”

She told Nigerians from North to South, East and West not to fall for the hypocrisy of religion by the political class who used religion to divide the country to get political positions.

The activist cum politician said she would continue to fight for equity, justice and fairness no matter the obstacles on the way just as she criticised the Nigerian youth for being docile in the face of tyranny.

She, however, blamed the situation on lack of education, stating that most Nigerian youth were illiterate especially in the rural areas hence they had not been able to fight for their rights.

Asked if she was now a member of PDP, Najaatu said categorically that she was not a member of any political party because they had all filled their positions for the 2023 general election hence she would prefer to be on the side of the society to fight bad governance.

She said she would go all out to support the only woman gubernatorial aspirant in Adamawa state Hajia Aisha Binani to win the Adamawa governorship election in March.

The APC, in a statement signed by one of the spokespersons for its Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), Mahmud Jega, said it received with amusement Naja’atu Mohammed’s hasty “resignation” from her position as Director of Civil Society Organizations “just before she was sacked for incompetence, quarrelsomeness and after being uncovered to be a mole planted in our winning campaign in order to leak sensitive information to our desperate opponents.”