Jigawa State Governor, Alhaji Muhammed Badaru
Abubakar, on Tuesday received 151,500 members of the PDP to All Progressives
Congress ( APC).
Among those who decamped from the PDP were former state
Governor, Alhaji Ali Sa'ad Birninkudu; former PDP governorship aspirants,
Alhaji Danladi Auyo, and Alhaji Tijjani Ibrahim.
Other defectors
were former commissioners in the former Governor Sule Lamido’s government,
including Alhaji Jinjiri Abdulkadir, Alhaji Nasidi Ali, Hajiya Fatima Wudi
Jalo, Yakubu Ruba and Alhaji Auwalu Harbo.
Speaking at the occasion held in Dutse, the state
capital, The State Governor, Badaru,
said the decamped members would be treated like old APC members, assuring them that the stewardship
under his administration would respect them at all times as long as they stay
in the party.
The governor also launched his second term campaign
in Dutse yesterday, praising the former PDP members for their courage and
statesmanship to move to APC.
The representative of the National Chairman of the
APC, Adams Oshiomhole, the National Organising Secretary, Mr. Emanuel Ibru, declared
that the names and memberships of the decamped members would be protected by
the National Working Committee (NWC) of the APC.
Earlier, the state APC Chairman, Alhaji Ado Sani
Kiri, said: "Today mark the end of PDP in Jigawa State as the party is now
an empty warehouse in the state.
“The former
PDP members have realised that they have been living a fake life, and that realisation
is the beginning of wisdom for them.”
Speaking also, the Deputy National Secretary of the
APC, Alhaji Maimala Buni, said: “There is no doubts that President Muhammadu Buhari
would be Nigeria's president in 2019, and
Badaru would be the state governor."
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