Zamfara PDP Officials Defect To APC Ahead Of 2027

About 15 cardinal officials of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) successful Zamfara State, including authorities and zonal executives, defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday up of the 2027 wide elections.
The defectors, who held assorted strategical positions successful the PDP, were formally received into the APC by Alhaji Tijani Yahaya connected behalf of Abdul’aziz Yari, erstwhile politician and legislator representing Zamfara West successful Abuja yesterday.

Among those who defected were erstwhile PDP younker leader, Sahad Dabo; erstwhile treasurer, Nasiru Anka; erstwhile organising secretary, Janaidu Magaji Kiyawa; and different erstwhile organising secretary, Musa Halilu Faru. Others included erstwhile zonal organising secretary, Lawali Aliyu; Hajiya Rabi Bakura; and ex-officio members, Hajiya Amina Duniya and Alhaji Tijani Yahaya.
Yahaya said Yari and the curate of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, would big an elaborate ceremonial to invited the defectors connected their instrumentality to the state officially.

“It is simply a large time for our party. Their coming into the APC volition fortify our operation and boost our chances successful the 2027 elections,” helium said.

Yahaya added that some caller and aged members would bask adjacent opportunities successful the party.
He described the defection of PDP enforcement members to an absorption enactment successful the authorities arsenic a bully omen. He urged the caller entrants to enactment collectively to consolidate the APC’s increasing popularity.
Yahaya aboriginal handed the defectors implicit to the APC authorities chairman, Tukur Umar Danfulani, who commended Yari and Matawalle for strengthening the enactment crossed Zamfara.

Danfulani assured the newcomers of afloat integration, noting that the APC “remains unfastened and just to each committed to its progress.”

Dabo, portion handing implicit his PDP rank card, said helium near due to the fact that the absorption enactment lone favours the rich, stressing that Yari’s enactment inspired him.

Amina Duniya, who said she spent 25 years successful the PDP, called connected APC leaders to guarantee fairness and justice, pledging to mobilise much supporters.

Other defectors included Bashar Mohammed Dogon Kade, a erstwhile PDP aspirant for the Kaura Namoda South constituency, and Rilwanu Bello, an ex-councillorship aspirant.

APC authorities publicity secretary, Yusuf Gusau, confirmed that the defectors comprised of members of the PDP State Executive Committee, a House of Assembly aspirant, a erstwhile section authorities chairmanship aspirant, his run coordinator, and a councillor.

Gusau dismissed speculations of a situation wrong the APC, insisting that the enactment is strong, united, and increasing much fashionable by the day.

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.”