12,000 PDP Members Defect to APC in Sokoto

Not less than 12,000 members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kware and Gwadabawa local government areas of Sokoto State.

The decampees, who included 2,800 and 9,200 members from Kware and Gwadabawa local government councils respectively, were received into its fold by the state acting Chairman of the APC, Alhaji Usman Danmadamin-Isa.

Speaking during a campaign rally in Gwadabawa council yesterday, a spokesman of the defectors from the area, Alhaji Nasiru Yusuf, said they joined the APC due to the giant strides recorded by Governor Aliyu Wamakko in the state.

He pledged to work hard to ensure APC’s victory in the forthcoming governorship elections in the state.

“We will work assiduously to ensure the success of the APC candidates at all levels and across Nigeria,” he stressed.

In a remark, Governor Aliyu Wamakko, said the party’s candidates in the forthcoming polls were chosen based on merit, adding that the APC would now commence with a door to door campaign in the state with the extension of the dates of the polls.

“ An APC-led government in Sokoto state will sustain the even transformation of the state if elected,” the governor, promised.

Also speaking, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and APC governorship candidate, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, pledged to sustain the laudable legacies of Wamakko, if elected.

Tambuwal further promised to exploit the abundant mineral and natural resources in the state, if elected.

“Various feasibility studies had been conducted by the state government in this direction and we will do this to boost our revenue base as well as curb unemployment and poverty,” he said.

Tambuwal therefore, pledged to construct the Gwadabawa- Sakamaro-Gigane-Illela road, if given the mandate. (Thisdaylive)