The Kogi State Chairman of the Nigeria Peoples Congress (NPC), Muhammed Aliyu, has resigned from the party and also withdrawn from the November 16 governorship election in the state.
YaahooJournalist reports that the Kogi NPC Chairman announced this in a statement he made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja, saying that his action was ”with immediate effect”.
The said he had sent his letter of resignation to the National Chairman of the party.
According to him, “Among several reasons for my decision, is my desire to continue to maintain the integrity with which I left the public service after 35 years of meritorious service as executive director. I discovered that the political arena is not a place where I can continue to maintain that integrity with unblemished records of service” he said.
The Kogi NPC Chairman thanked NPC for allowing him the opportunity to serve.
