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Jibrilla Bindo, governor of Adamawa, says he will not join former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar to exit the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Bindow said this on Tuesday while speaking with journalists after a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari.

Reacting to the former vice-president’s decision to leave the APC, Bindo said he cannot follow suit because he helped to build the party.

The governor said he will remain in the ruling party for the rest of his life.

“Let me talk about Atiku first before myself. The former vice president is more than matured enough to decide whatever he wants to decide for himself,” the governor said.

“As far as I am concerned, I am one of the founding fathers of APC. When I was in the senate, we were the ones, alongside the current Senate President that worked very hard to ensure that all members of the national assembly; that we agreed to move to APC, so, I cannot see any reason why, today, that the house I built, that I will leave.

“So I am in APC for the rest of my life, period.”

The governor said he still regards the former vice-president as a father.

“Not only Waziri, every elder in Adamawa state, as far as I am concerned, I regard them as my parents or elders,” Bindo said.

“So, Waziri remains somebody I respect as a father, and the same with any other elder in the state.”

He said the APC remains a strong party in Adamawa despite the departure of Abubakar.

“Well, APC is strong, we have 25 members in the state assembly, 23, in fact, 24 now because one of them have moved to the APC, so, 24 out of 25 members in the house of assembly are APC,” he said.

“The three senators from the state are APC, even the house of representatives including Adamu Kamale who recently moved to the APC. So we are strong and we will continue to be strong.”