By Ahmad Umar
Gombe (Nigeria) – The 2015 Campaign Director-General for Governor Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo of Gombe State, northeast of the country, Senator Sa’idu Umar Kumo has resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Senator Kumo who disclosed this to Journalists in Gombe on Monday, said he was yet to join another political party, stressing that he would take time to study the political terrain before making a decision.
“I’m not declaring for any political party for now. I want to take my time to study the political terrain before taking my decision, whether I will join my political friends so that we can come back to Gombe and see what we can start again,” he said.
Kumo said it has become necessary to inform the general public, as well as members of the party, both within and outside the state of his decision to quit the PDP.
“The purpose of this press briefing is to inform the general public, especially members of the Peoples Democratic Party in Gombe State, North East political zone and Nigeria at large that today, 23 January 2018, I, Senator Saidu Umar Kumo, Garkuwan Gombe, cease to be a member of the PDP. I have withdrawn my membership,” he said.
He further disclosed his intention to inform the branch of the party at the ward and local government levels on his decision to leave the PDP, adding that his departure would create opportunities for others particularly in Gombe State who may assume his presence was a stumbling block to achieving their goals.
Kumo however blamed Governor Dankwambo for pushing him out of the PDP.
“First of all, I’m not needed at the state level. The governor does not need me in PDP. I have not used to them. They did everything humanely possible to push me out of the party. Being a politician, I better give way, so that those who think I’m a stumbling block can have their way,” he said.
“President Olusegun Obasanjo turning the PDP into a parastatal in 2003 after he made governors leaders of the party.”
“You can’t be anything without the approval of the governor. I’m fed up with this one-way traffic in Gombe,” Kumo lamented.
However, Senator Kumo contested the position of Deputy National Chairman, North of the PDP at the recently concluded national convention of the party and lost.