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Foremost Nigerian youth leader and aviation expert, Comrade Isaac Balami, has dumped the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Labour Party (LP).
Balami, who played a prominent role in the emergence of President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015 when he mobilised northern youths across the region, disclosed this in a statement title, “My Critical Junction” on Tuesday.
The former spokesperson of the National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers (NAAPE) said he was dumping the APC and joining the Obi-Datti Movement because he shares in the pains of Nigerians, especially the Christians over the inequality and injustice they have suffered under the APC-led government.
The erstwhile chairman/CEO of 7-Star Hangar and Airlines alluded to the APC Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket as one of the major reasons he decided to dump the party, saying, “Looking back, Northern Muslims in Nigeria have for the past 24 years enjoyed and benefited hugely from the two highest positions being either the President or the Vice President, with the full support of Northern Christians.
“It is, therefore, unreasonable and unjust that when an opportunity for a Northern Christian to be given a chance, presented itself in the form of a running mate to the APC flag bearer, such a rare opportunity to reciprocate and heal open wounds, was missed in favour of disregard for the regional and nationwide unity we have continued to preach and demonstrate in our ways.
“To reconfirm my sanity, I had to evaluate to see if there was a qualified, fit and suitable Northern Christian with the right political carriage and gravitas to assume the position of the Vice Presidential Candidate for the APC or not and of course, there are far more than one could imagine.”
Speaking on why this decision was imperative at this point, Balami said: “But There comes a junction, … a critical Junction, in the life of everyone when the sternest of decisions become unavoidably compelling and incontrovertible! This is the point in time when men choose the critical right and stick to it no matter the cost…
