Matawalle receives 15 top PDP members into APC

By Idris Salisu, Gusau

The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Mohammed Matawalle, has received 15 apical members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from Zamfara State who person defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

In a connection connected Thursday, the spokesperson of the APC successful Zamfara, Malam Yusuf Idris Gusau, said the defectors were presented to the Minister successful Abuja by the State APC Chairman, Alhaji Tukur Umar Danfulani, Senator Tijjani Yahaya Kaura, and erstwhile State APC Chairman, Lawal M. Liman.

Matawalle welcomed the caller members, assuring them of adjacent attraction and opportunities wrong the party. He described their defection arsenic “bold and timely,” fixed the increasing popularity of the APC crossed Zamfara and Nigeria.

The Minister commended the authorities enactment enactment for its grassroots mobilisation efforts, which, helium said, had strengthened the APC’s acceptability crossed the state. He added that the enactment remains agreed and focused connected delivering payment programmes to the people.

Presenting the defectors, State APC Chairman Hon. Tukur Umar Danfulani said the 15 cardinal PDP officials, including authorities and zonal executives, joined the APC up of the 2027 wide elections.

Those who defected see PDP Youth Leader, Isiyaka M. Dabo; Zonal Treasurer, Zamfara West, Nasiru Mohammed Anka; Organising Secretary, Zamfara North, Junaidu Magaji Kiyawa; Assistant Organising Secretary, Zamfara West, Hon. Musa Halilu Faru; and PDP Zonal Secretary, Zamfara North, Lawali Aliyu Shinkafi. Others are Hajiya Rabi Bakura, Hajiya Amina Duniya, Bashar Mohammed Dogon Kade, and Rilwanu Bello.

Senator Tijjani Yahaya Kaura, who received the defectors connected behalf of Senator Abdul’aziz Yari, said an elaborate ceremonial volition soon beryllium held to formally invited them. He noted that their defection would further fortify the APC’s operation up of the 2027 elections.

Danfulani dismissed reports of interior crises successful the APC, insisting that the enactment remains beardown and united. He added, “With our caller triumph successful the authorities by-election and the calibre of radical joining us, it is wide that APC volition reclaim Zamfara successful 2027.”

Speaking connected behalf of the defectors, Isiyaka M. Dabo said helium near the PDP due to the fact that it “favours lone the rich,” noting that helium was inspired by Senator Yari and Matawalle’s leadership. Hajiya Amina Duniya, a PDP subordinate for 25 years, urged APC leaders to guarantee fairness and pledged to mobilise much supporters.

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