Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello has confirmed that former Minister of Aviation has finally dumped his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Fani-Kayode was the spokesman for the Goodluck Jonathan Presidential Campaign Organisation (TGJPCO) in the 2015 election.
In a video, Bello, who is the chairman, APC Mobilisation Committee in the ongoing new registration of the party is seen in a photograph with Fani-Kayode, alongside the APC interim National Chairman, and Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni.
Bello said the former minister was being welcomed back into the party where he was a founding member, but left as a result of a disagreement.
He said in the video: “I have the mandate to mobilise, sensitise, to educate and to woo Nigerians into the party, irrespective of their background. Our brother and friend, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has joined our party in good faith. He is joining our party to come and add his own positive energy and make contributions to ensuring that APC is a party to beat.
“Remember Femi Fani-Kayode was a foundation member of this great party, but due to a misunderstanding, he decided to port elsewhere before. Now he has decided to join our party, he approached me and by the mandate given to me by the party, I must not segregate, I must not discriminate against any individual.
“Even if he had his own opinion about the party before, about the government before and he has seen the light, the reality and the need to join the All Progressives Congress, it is just nice, it is just important, it is just smooth and very, very sweet to accommodate and welcome Chief Femi Fani-Kayode to come and join this party.
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“Remember that this party does not belong to one individual. It belongs to all Nigerians. You’re free to join. If you feel otherwise and you cannot understand what is happening before and now you can understand what is happening, and you want to join, we will welcome you with our arms wide open.
“So, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, you are welcome to our party. Come and make your own contribution and ensure that this party is greater than any individual in Nigeria.”
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