Nigeria’s Ambassador to South Africa, Ahmed Ibeto, has resigned from his placement and subsequently dumped the ruling All Progressives’ Congress (APC) for the opposition People’s Democratic Bash (PDP).
In accordance to a report by The Punch, Ibeto left
Pretoria and arrived in Nigeria on Sunday, July 29, 2018, just before he
handed his letter of resignation more than to the Ministry of Exterior
Affairs on Monday, July 30.
He is described to have still left Minna, Niger State
funds, on Tuesday, July 31, to his hometown of Ibeto in Magama local
federal government region of the point out wherever he was gained by in
excess of 1,000 supporters.
He’s envisioned to officially dump the APC for PDP while in Ibeto and then announce his intent to contest in the state’s gubernatorial election.
Ibeto, a former deputy governor of Niger Condition, was appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari and posted to South Africa in 2017.
Following serving as deputy to Governor Babangida Aliyu for two conditions, Ibeto dumped the PDP for the APC in 2014 when he lost the party’s governorship ticket to Umar Nasko.
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