We’ll shore up APC membership to one million – Fintiri’s ally, Gangkuba boasts
By Mohammed Ismail
A key ally of Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, and ALGON chairman, Hon. Sulaiman Ahmed Gangkuba, has declared that supporters of the governor will increase the membership strength of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa State to one million within the next 10 days.
Speaking during an interview with journalists shortly after the maiden expanded stakeholders meeting involving legacy and incoming members on Monday, Gangkuba said the mass registration drive has already commenced and would significantly boost the party’s numerical strength across the state.
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“We’re targeting about a million members to be registered. As I speak to you now, registration has commenced this morning, and it’s going to last for 10 days. I’m 100 percent sure that we’ll get the required number that will surpass what has been done,” he said.
The APC in Adamawa has in the last e-registration exercise enlisted over 450,000 members.
However, Gangkuba expressed confidence that the influx of supporters loyal to the governor’s bloc would more than double that figure within days.
According to him, the decision to align with the ruling party at the federal level followed extensive consultations with grassroots supporters across the state.
“Before we aligned with the ruling party, we met a wider consultation. We sat with our supporters, had meetings with our people at the grassroots, and they’ve given us assurance that wherever we go, they will follow us,” he stated.
Gangkuba explained that the realignment was driven by the belief that being in the same political party as the federal government would attract more developmental projects and programs to Adamawa State.
“ With this action, there will be more developmental projects coming to the state, unlike when you are in the opposition. Now that we are in the same party, this realignment is for the betterment of our state,” he said.
He stressed that the move was not arbitrary but rooted in what he described as the shared desire of their supporters to secure greater federal presence in infrastructure and social development.
Addressing concerns about joining an already entrenched political structure, Gangkuba noted that politics is fundamentally about numbers and insisted that his group brings significant grassroots support to the APC.
“As you know, the voters in Adamawa State are more than one million. We were in the PDP before, and we have a lot of supporters at the grassroots. I’m assuring you that they are ready and willing to register into the APC,” he said.
He maintained that the coming days would demonstrate the scale of their influence, promising that “in the next 10 days, you’ll see the difference.”
On questions regarding some members of their political family who had already secured party tickets under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Gangkuba clarified that only 14 individuals had formally aligned with the APC so far.
“It’s only 14 of us that joined the APC and are aligned with the APC. The seven of us are still doing wider consultations. We have the belief that they will join us,” he said.
He added that further consultations were ongoing and expressed optimism that additional stakeholders would soon declare for the APC to ensure political unity within the state.
