Why I Opted For A Political Party Different From My Husband – Ahmadu Ali’s Wife

Mrs. Mariam Nneamaka Ali, the wife of a former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Ahmadu Ali, receiving the APC symbol from the National Chairman of the party, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun.

Mrs. Mariam Nneamaka Ali, the wife of a former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Ahmadu Ali, has said she opted for a political party different from her husband because politics, religion and ethnicity doesn’t play a role in their family.

She stated this on Thursday in Asaba, Delta State, while decamping to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Mrs. Ali, who was accompanied by the Delta State APC Chairman, Jones Ode Erue; Chief Frank Kokori; Chief Great Ogboru, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege and other top APC stalwarts and supporters from Delta State was received by the APC National Chairman, H.E. Chief John Odigie-Oyegun at the Party’s National Secretariat.

Odigie-Oyegun was accompanied at the colourful ceremony by the Party’s National Woman Leader, Hajiya Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu and National Auditor, Chief George Moghalu.

Speaking at the ceremony, Mrs. Ali said: “A lot of persons may wonder why I am joining the APC. The answer is simple. I want to continue to render service to my people and Nigeria at large. I believe I will be doing myself a lot of disservice if I don’t fulfil this burning desire in me.

“I know also a lot of people will wonder why I have chosen to opt for a political party different from my husband’s. Again, the answer is not farfetched. My family is a unique family, it is a family devoid of religious and ethnic differences. You are all aware that Dr. Ahmadu Ali is a Muslim and I am passionate Catholic. Also, Dr. Ahmadu Ali is from North Central and I am form the South South.

“Therefore, religion and ethnicity do not play a role in our lives. It therefore suffices to say that my becoming an APC member and him being an active member of the PDP further displays the uniqueness of my family.

“We symbolise a people who want to serve a nation, a nation where oneness, love and peace reign supreme. Today marks the beginning of greater peace, love and oneness amongst all Nigerians. It is a new dawn, one nation, one destiny, one people. It is about an indivisible nation, Nigeria.”

The APC National Chairman in his remarks said Mrs. Ali’s entrant to the Party has added to value and quality to the Party and its leadership both in Delta State and at the national level.

He said: “I welcome you especially because you are adding to the quality of membership in Delta State and also adding to the quality of leadership in the APC family in the whole nation. The quality would propel us not just to victory in Delta State, but also in Nigeria.”

Senator representing Delta Central, Ovie Omo-Agege said the coming of Mrs. Ali’s and her immense grassroots support base to the APC is “a major strategic achievement for the party”.

He said: “It is a carefully thought-out game changer in our reengineering of the grassroots machinery of the APC in Delta North and Delta State as a whole. It is clearly a practical demonstration of our firm belief that true political strength only grows when reputable, courageous and competent leaders join a Party.

Chief Great Ogboru said Mrs. Ali joining the Party was a paradigm shift in the political equation in Delta State. “Your coming into this party today is a confirmation that there is a paradigm shift from the wanton years of the PDP to the glorious years ahead for the APC. For this reason we are lucky”, he said.

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