Former Governor of Gombe State, Senator Mohammad Danjuma Goje, has denied defecting to the African Democratic Congress (ADC), stating that a membership card circulating online is not his own.
Naija News reports that Goje made this known in a statement by his Special Assistant, Ahmed Isa Kashere, while reacting to a fake ADC membership card circulating on social media.
Goje described the purported membership card as the handiwork of ingrates aimed at tarnishing his image and portraying him in a bad light.
The former Governor maintained that he remains a proud and committed founding member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), committed to promoting its ideals across Gombe State and the country.
Goje further stated that he has never contemplated joining any other political party since he joined forces with others to form the APC in 2013, stressing that “I cannot build a solid house and abandon it because of the antics and blackmail of ingrates.”
While describing President Bola Tinubu as the father of the country and APC’s national leader, Goje said he will leave no stone unturned in delivering Gombe State for him during the next election.
He said, “The attention of the Office of Senator Mohammad Danjuma Goje, Sarkin Yakin Gombe has been drawn to a fake membership card circulating on social media. Preliminary investigation reveals that it was the handiwork of ingrates in Gombe State to tarnish the image and portray Senator Goje in a bad light.
“The fake membership card was a last resort of these ingrates after failing to mobilise constituents against the people’s Senator. Twice, they mobilised their cronies from the Yamaltu/Deba and Akko LGAs of Gombe Central Senatorial District. But to their dismay, the people shamed them as they unanimously endorsed Senator Goje for another term in the Senate.
“Senator Goje remains a founding member of APC in Gombe State and the country. He is APC, APC is Goje in Gombe State. The cheap blackmail and negative machinations by the ingrates and their cronies will not stop the good people of Gombe Central and indeed Gombe State from their massive support for Senator Goje.”