Nigerian Ambassador To S’Africa, Ahmed Ibeto Dumps APC For PDP

Nigeria’s ambassador to South Africa, Ahmed Ibeto, has joined several other politicians who defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

According to reports, Ibeto dumped the ruling APC for the opposition PDP on Tuesday.

Punch reports that Ibeto has submitted his letter of resignation at the ministry of external affairs in Abuja.

Ibeto was the deputy governor of Niger state for eight years

He is said to have arrived Nigeria from Pretoria on Sunday to start preparing for the 2019 election.

He allegedly said he would formalise his return to the PDP at Ibeto, his village, and then join the governorship race in Niger immediately.

The former ambassador was a member of the PDP until the primary election of the party in November 2014, where he lost the governorship ticket to Umar Nasko, former chief of staff to Babangida Aliyu, a former governor.

He left PDP after stating that the were unjust in their dealings with him while the PDP was still the ruling party.

In 2016, President Muhammadu Buhari appointed him an ambassador and he was posted to South Africa.