• Declares party ‘dead’
By Musa Baba Adamu with agency report
The Zamfara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), has formally received the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), in Kaura Namoda Local Government Area, Sadiq Abubakar, who announced his defection to the ruling party.
The development was confirmed in a statement issued yesterday in Gusau by the APC Publicity Secretary, Malam Yusuf Idris.
Idris described Abubakar’s defection as a “welcome development,” noting that it reflected the growing strength and acceptability of the APC in the state.
Abubakar had on Sunday declared his exit from the PDP in Kaura Namoda town, saying the party was “dead in Zamfara” and weakened by “serious crises at the national level.”
He was received at the APC Secretariat in Kaura Namoda by the former state APC Chairman, Lawal Liman, and the Kaura Namoda APC chairman, Alhaji Sule Gabake.
Liman assured the defectors of fair treatment, stressing that the APC in Zamfara, under the leadership of Senator AbdulAziz Yari and Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, was committed to peace, stability and the overall progress of the party.
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