- Many PDP members have joined the APC in Jigawa state
- The state governor Abubakar Badaru on Wednesday, May 30 received them
- President Muhammadu Buhari, however, recently visited the state
The governor of Zamfara state Abdulaziz Yari and his counterpart Abubakar Badaru of Jigawa state, on Wednesday, May 30 received several decampees from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Jigawa, Premium Times reports.
Yari was in Jigawa to compliment President Buhari’s recent visit to the state. He was also billed to commission projects that were not commissioned by the president during his two-day working visit to the state.
The PDP had earlier described Buhari’s visit to Jigawa as a laughable charade. It said the projects commissioned by the president were not worth mentioning.
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But Badaru said the projects were many and the president did not have ample time to commission them.
The event, which took place at Jahun local government area of the state witnessed the commissioning of the Jahun township road and that of Gagarawa Bosowa.
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At the event, the state party chairman, Sani Kiri commended the the leader of the decampees, Ibrahim Aujara for leading them (decampees) “to replace their PDP membership cards with that of the APC.”
Meanwhile, NAIJ.com had reported that the opposition party PDP revealed that some high-profile members of other political parties in Nigeria would join its fold very soon.
The party specifically stated that the high-profile defection would occur within three weeks from Thursday, August 10.
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, chairman of the party’s Special Non-Elective National Convention, said this in Abuja.
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Source: Naija.ng