The re-election bid of Aminu
Tambuwal, Sokoto governor, took a hit on Thursday as a reported 50,000 members
of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) defected to the All Progressives Congress
(APC).
According to NAN, the defectors
were received by senator Aliyu Wammako, APC chieftain and Tambuwal’s former
political associate.
Among the defectors were former
special advisers to governor Aminu Tambuwal, former local government chairmen
and former state house of assembly members, as well as many other officials of
PDP in the state.
Wamakko welcomed the new entrants
into the party and assured them of equal treatment with all the existing
members of APC in the state.
He said more members of the PDP
had already joined the APC and promised to unveil them soon.
He warned the Tambuwal government
against intimidating the workers who have pitched their loyalty with the APC.
“No amount of intimidation would
deter the people of the state from massively loving and supporting APC and all
its candidates, at all levels.
“Moreover, in a matter of weeks,
the APC will take over the state, while President Muhammadu Buhari, including
all the party’s candidates, at all levels, would be massively voted by
Nigerians,” he said.
Ahmed Aliyu, the APC governorship
candidate and Tambuwal’s former deputy said, “all the PDP members who initially
went astray have now come back to the right party”.
He congratulated them for joining
the APC and assured them of equal treatment. He promised to emulate Wamakko’s
leadership qualities, when eventually elected.
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