The gubernatorial aspiration of the candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in Gombe State, Khamisu Mailantarki got a boost as defectors from the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have joined the party alongside their supporters.
The defectors are led by the former North-East Ex-officio of the party, Mrs Mole Istifanus Bennet who earlier in the day resigned her membership of the PDP for personal reasons.
Mole Istifanus and other stalwarts of the party mainly from the Southern part of Gombe State joined the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) in the state thereby boosting the chances of winning the gubernatorial election in 2023.
Mole Istifanus, who was the immediate past state women leader of the PDP dumped the party when she tendered her destination letter dated November 3, 2022 before joining the NNPP.
She was received into the NNPP alongside six others and their supporters by the 2023 gubernatorial candidate of the Party in Gombe State, Hon. Khamisu Ahmed Mailantarki.
Others who defected alongside the former PDP North East ex-officio are Samaila Baba, Assistant State Auditor of the PDP; Alhaji Gambo Maiyadi, former Special Assistant to Governor Dankwambo, Hon. J. U Labebe, former councilor, Wange ward, and Haruna Bala Kamo, former councilor and special assistant.
Others who joined the NNPP are Ruth Ngale, Lydia Felix, and Nathan Kalpaddo.
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