From David Hassan, Gombe
The North east zonal secretary of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) Dr. Babayo Liman alongside hundred supporters were said to have defected to People’s Democratic Party (PDP ).
Dr. Liman made the declaration at at the media briefing in Gombe at the weekend.
His defection into the Peoples Democratic Party was aimed at showing unalloyed loyalty for Atiku Abubakar.
Former member and Presidential Campaign Council of Kwamkwaso Liman said he resigned his appointment with the NNPP to enable him support Atiku Abubakar the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party.
According to him, no fewer than 3.6 million in the northeast were registered under NNPP and that Gombe is one of the state in his zone he have the mandate to inform his supporters that he have defected to PDP.
I tendered my resignation as the north east zonal secretary of the NNPP as a member of the Presidential Campaign Council of the NNPP as a coordinator of Kwamkwasiya in the zone.
We have nothing to do with NNPP and Kwamkwasiya again is not only me that defected I defected alongside the zonal Public Relations Officer Ibrahim Talk who also resigned to support Atiku Abubakar.
I will seized this opportunity to called on more than 600,000 supporters of NNPP members in Gombe to defect and obtained PDP membership cards.
He called on the Presidential candidate of NNPP Alh. Rabiu Kwamkwaso to withdraw from the race and support the candidature of Atiku Abubakar.
