2023: AbdulRazaq's Ex-commissioner Defects to PDP in Kwara

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Former Kwara State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq government, Hajia Aisha Ahman-Pategi, alongside her supporters over the weekend defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. The defection, which took place at Pategi, the headquarters of Pategi Local Government Area of the state, was well attended by the PDP stalwarts in the state. Speaking at the event at Pategi, the former commissioner stated that: “Anyone who is not with Kwara North senatorial district for governor is no longer welcome and any son or daughter of Kwara North that is not with the district in 2023 is officially disowned." She urged the electorate to ensure they give their mandate to responsive leaders. According to her, "Without you, there is no future for us all. So this is about you. Let’s hold hands and create a better Kwara State. "I returned to the fold of PDP having learnt the hard way from a setting described as ‘fuji house of commotion’ of a clueless government." The ex-commissioner further stressed that she is fully back to support PDP’s efforts to balance political power for Kwara North in the 2023 governorship election. Welcoming the ex- commissioner with other defectors, the former Deputy Speaker of the state House of Assembly and former Ambassador to Japan, Prof. Mohammed Yisa Gana, commended the ‘rightful decision of the daughter of the soil’, Hajia Aisha Ahman-Pategi, for defecting from APC to PDP in the state. He said there was no doubt that the development would assist the PDP to garner more supporters for the electoral victory of the party in the 2023 polls. Gana, therefore, said the defectors should see the PDP as their home, and joined other party members to win the next elections in the state.

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