Reported by: Ijeoma G | Edited by: Oravbiere Osayomore Promise.
Senator Binos Dauda Yaroe, who represents the Adamawa South Senatorial District in the National Assembly, has launched a blistering attack on President Bola Tinubu and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), accusing the party of failing his constituents and declaring that joining the APC would be an act of betrayal. Speaking at a campaign event in Numan while declaring his intention to seek re‑election to the Senate under the platform of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Yaroe said the APC‑led federal government has nothing to show for its time in office when it comes to the development of Southern Adamawa, a sprawling region covering nine local government areas.
The senator was unequivocal about his refusal to follow Adamawa State Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri and other political heavyweights into the APC. “After everything we did at the Senate, the bill was denied assent. How then do I go to my people and campaign for APC? There is practically nothing to show them,” Yaroe said, referring specifically to his sponsored bill for the establishment of a Federal University of Education in Numan, which he said was rejected by the presidency despite years of legislative effort. He added that the continued neglect of Southern Adamawa by the federal government had left him with “nothing to campaign for” under the Tinubu administration. According to the lawmaker, whose district comprises nine local government areas, the region “has remained one of the most neglected in Nigeria” and has suffered from the absence of any major federal institution beyond “a solitary federal institution in Ganye.”
Beyond the failed university bill, Yaroe painted a grim picture of infrastructural decay, lamenting the deplorable state of federal roads leading into the senatorial district and the complete absence of a functional federal teaching hospital or polytechnic. “Joining such a party would amount to insulting my people because I would have nothing to tell them as justification,” he said. He noted that members of the APC had approached him to defect, but he challenged them to provide one convincing reason why he should join a party that had done so little to improve the fortunes of his constituents.
The senator was equally candid about his political alliances, stating that his loyalty to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, who hails from the same senatorial district, played a decisive role in his decision to align with the ADC instead of the APC. “I have been with Atiku Abubakar from the beginning of my political career. I am not someone who forgets people who stood by me in difficult times,” Yaroe said, adding that Atiku had stood by him during the PDP senatorial primaries in 2019 and his re‑election in 2023. He also noted that defecting to the APC would have dealt a fatal blow to Nigeria’s already fragile opposition space. “If everyone joins the APC, there will be no opposition left in the country. Democracy thrives when there is a strong voice of dissent,” Yaroe argued, revealing that he was among 15 senators who resisted pressure to defect to the ruling party.
Yaroe also revealed that he was the only federal lawmaker from the state who refused to join the ruling party when Governor Fintiri convened a meeting of all senators, House of Representatives members, and state legislators to align with the APC. “Everybody agreed to join APC. I was the only one who said no because I cannot defend the suffering and neglect of Southern Adamawa before my people,” he stated. His stance has been praised by party officials, including the Adamawa State Secretary of the ADC, Pwamaddi Shagnah, who argued that “if ADC is not on the ballot in 2027, then democracy has effectively died in Nigeria.”
The senator’s attack on the APC came just weeks after Governor Fintiri declared a “new APC” in Adamawa, claiming the party was “fully fused” and ready to deliver at least 85 percent of the state’s votes to President Tinubu in the 2027 elections. Fintiri has since launched a grassroots mobilisation platform called the Adamawa Renewed Hope 226 Movement, which he boasted would absorb all support groups and coordinate political activities ahead of the next election cycle. However, internal fissures have already appeared in the party’s Adamawa structure, with notable figures including Morris Vonobolki resigning, citing alleged “shady dealings” in the party’s internal processes. Emmanuel Musa also announced his withdrawal from all APC activities, insisting he would remain on the sidelines until the party demonstrated credible transparency and fairness.
As the 2027 election cycle gathers pace, Senator Yaroe has made his position clear: he will not follow the governor into the APC, and he will not betray the people who elected him. His campaign has been formally endorsed by party supporters in the nine local government areas of Adamawa South, and he has pledged to continue his push for the establishment of the Federal University of Education, Numan, as well as improved federal infrastructure across the zone. Whether the senator’s defiance will cost him his political career or propel him to a higher standing among a neglected electorate remains to be seen. For now, he has drawn a line in the red soil of Southern Adamawa: the APC, he insists, has failed his people, and he will not be part of it.
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