Nigeria: My Lamentations in ACN - Bafarawa

23 November 2011
interview

Last week, former governor of Sokoto State and former Presidential candidate of the Democratic Peoples party (DPP), Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa, resigned from the Action Congress of Nigeria, (ACN), a party he joined about one year ago. His movement into the ACN then surprised many who wondered why he abandoned a party he virtually founded, funded and was national leader to join another as an ordinary member. In this interview, he gives reasons why he left the ACN, and why he is returning to his older party, the All Nigerian Peoples Party (ANPP). Excerpts:

What informed your decision to resign from the ACN?

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