Zamfara: PDP stakeholders urge Gov Lawal to join APC

By Musa Baba Adamu with agency report

The Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), is set to suffer more losses as stakeholders of the party in Zamfara State urged Governor Dauda Lawal to defect to the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC).
The development was disclosed during the weekend by APC stalwart Iran Muhammad in a statement shared on X.
According to Muhammad, Governor Lawal convened an emergency meeting with key stakeholders to deliberate on the political direction of the state.
In a video accompanying the post, Muhammed claimed that the governor met with members of his cabinet and PDP leaders, where the option of joining the APC was discussed.
“The Governor of Zamfara State, Dauda Lawal, PhD, held an emergency meeting with his cabinet and PDP stakeholders late last night to discuss the way forward. During the meeting, they recommended that he join the APC,” Muhammad wrote.
The reported move comes amid a wave of defections rocking the PDP. DAILY POST reports that Lawal is among the three remaining PDP governors left in the party following the recent defection of Adamawa State Governor Ahmadu Fintiri, who on Friday announced his exit from the party.
The remaining PDP governors are Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State and Seyi Makinde of Oyo State.
In recent years, the PDP has grappled with persistent internal leadership crises.
Peoples Daily reports that the Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan affirmed the validity of the party’s national convention held in November 2025 in the state capital, which produced Kabiru Tanimu Turaki as the substantive National Chairman.
However, the legal tussle had earlier taken a different turn in January when a Federal High Court, also in Ibadan, nullified the convention that brought Turaki into office, further deepening the party’s internal challenges.