2023: Fresh Crisis Hits APC in Northern State As Top Party Chieftains, Supporters Defect to PDP
- The ruling All Progressives Congress is faced with a major setback ahead of the 2023 general elections
- This is as some prominent stakeholders of the party in Zamfara state staged a walkout of the camp and joined the opposition PDP
- Earlier, thousands of APC members dumped for the PDP in Kebbi state citing injustice
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The Zamfara state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has recorded a major setback.
This is as three strong members of the ruling party with thousands of their supporters defected from the APC to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), The Punch reports.
Source: Twitter
The defecting members
The three members of the party are: Salihu Maibuhu, Rabi,u Ilili and Abubakar Bargaja who were supporters of former Governor Abdul Aziz Yari.
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They have announced their defection to the opposition PDP with thousands of their supporters, a situation that has dented the reconciliation process between Governor Bello Matawalle and Yari.
Reacting to the development, one of the defectors, Salihu Maibuhu, said they were not interested in the reconciliation process between Matawalle and Yari, as such they decided to join PDP.
Maibuhu said:
”We are not interested in Matawalle, Yari reconciliation and we have decided to defect to the opposition PDP in the state.
“We are not with Governor Bello Mattawalle and that was why we left the APC together with our supporters.
“We will however continue with our relationship with the former Governor Abdul Aziz Yari.”
Zamfara state APC spokesperson reacts
In his reaction, the spokesperson for the state chapter of Zamfara APC, Yusuf Idris, said the party was never moved by the defection to PDP even though they did not officially announce their defection.
Idris said:
“The APC has never been moved by their decision to defect even as they failed to officially inform the party of their move which was without any reason but self-aggrandisement.
“Just as they left the APC, we are happy that the ruling party has continued to receive and welcome more defectors in the state and keeping it ahead of other political parties.”
2023: APC, Tinubu in trouble as thousands defect to PDP in northern state
A fresh crisis surrounds the All progressives Congress (APC), as thousands of the ruling party members on Thursday, July 21, defected to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Gulma town under Argungu local government area of Kebbi State.
The mammoth defectors were led by Alhaji Mansur Adamu Gulma Yargyra, a former representative hopeful under the ruling party, APC in the state.
Kebbi state, Mansur who spoke on behalf of the defectors said that he left the ruling APC due to injustice done to many members of the party by some selfish persons who does not have the love and interest of the party at heart.
After Adeleke's victory, PDP loses top senator to another party
In another report, Senator Bassey Akpan, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Akwa Ibom, on Monday, July 18, defected to the Young Progressives Party (YPP).
It was gathered that Senator Akpan dumped the PDP because he felt it could not help him bring to fruition the collective dreams of his constituents.
Akpan who is the chairman of the Senate Committee on Petroleum Resources Upstream, and a former PDP governorship aspirant in the state brought his supporters to the Young Progressives Party (YPP) in a bid to actualise his governorship bid in 2023.
Source: Legit.ng
