2023: Fear Envelops PDP As Influential Chieftains Defect To APC, Names Released
- Not less than 10 powerful PDP chieftains in Sokoto state joined the ruling APC on Saturday, July 30
- The defections were made public in Abuja on Sunday, July 31, by one of the media aides of Senator Aliyu Wamakko
- Prominent among the defectors is the chairman of the Tangaza local government council in the state, Alhaji Bashir Kalanjeni
Abuja - Alhaji Bashir Kalanjeni, the chairman of Tangaza Local Government Council in Sokoto, has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party for the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Kalanjeni joined the APC in the company of 10 former PDP chieftains, eight of whom are eight serving councils and two ex-councilors in the area, PM News reports.
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The defections were announced in Abuja on Sunday, July 31, by Bashar Abubakar, the special assistant to Sen. Aliyu Wamakko (APC-Sokoto North), on new media.
The names of the defectors were given as
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- Zakariyya Madugu
- Abubakar Kalanjeni
- Abubakar Aliyu
- Halilu Aliyu
- Ibrahim Sarkin-Tudu
- Musa Sakkwai
- Abdullahi Garba
- Jamilu Muhammad
- Abdullahi Garba
- Jamilu Muhammad
Welcoming the new members, Wamakko assured them that they would be carried along for the development of the party and the state as a whole.
According to the senator, the APC will emerge victorious in the 2023 general elections.
No doubt, the switch of the former PDP members means trouble and fear for the opposition party as Sokoto is one of its stronghold states.
2023: Founding APC member defects to PDP in northern state, reveals plan for Atiku, others
Meanwhile, Dahiru Maishanu Yabo, a founding member of the APC in Sokoto, had dumped the party for the PDP ahead of the 2023 general elections.
Yabo, a former commissioner for information, was received on Thursday, July 28, by Governor Aminu Tambuwal; his deputy, Manir Muhammmad Dan Iya; as well as the state PDP chairman, Alhaji Bello Muhammad, and other government officials at Government House, Sokoto.
Why I left APC for PDP - Yabo
Speaking at the Government House, Yabo said he dumped the APC because the party lacks internal democracy and is notorious for favouritism and bootlicking, a statement by Muhammad Bello, Governor Tambuwal's media aide indicates.
Source: Legit.ng
