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The first Commissioner for Youths and Sports Development and later Communication in the present APC-led administration of Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, Hon Julius Ishaya Lepes has dumped the APC shortly after he left the administration and joined the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP).
The development has therefore brightened the chances of Hon Khamisu Ahmad Mailantarki, gubernatorial candidate of the New Nigerian People’s Party (NNPP) in Gombe.
Julius Ishaya Lepes was one of the founding members of the APC in the state, a grassroots mobiliser and was in the kitchen cabinet in the government of Inuwa Yahaya, before he left the APC.
The former Commissioner who joined the NNPP after meeting its gubernatorial candidate, Khamisu Mailantarki, said that he decided to defect to the NNPP after a wide consultation from his followers and lovers across the state.
He noted that both APC and PDP have failed the people, hence the need for fresh breath.
He alleged that after joining the PDP, the leadership of the party had sidelined him from all affairs of the party despite being a critical stakeholder and Ex-Commissioner in the state.
Julius Ishaya Lepes said; “I have consulted wisely with my followers, admirers, friends and families, who felt we should leave the PDP to join this party, NNPP and to work to rescue our state…
