A former Chief Whip of the Sokoto State House of Assembly, Alhaji Bello Yahayya Wurno, three former elected Chairmen of Rabah Local Government , a former Special Adviser to Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal and a former Caretaker Councillor and over 20687 other members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Saturday defected to the All Progressives Congress ( APC).
The decampees were received into the fold of the party at the flag off of the Sokoto State Eastern Zone Campaign in Wurno and Rabah towns, respectively.
The statement said that some of the prominent defectors in Wurno Local Government include Alhaji Bello Yahayya Wurno, Alhaji Abubakar Hamma’Ali, and Alhaji Chika Hamma’Ali, former Public Relations Officer, as well as Secretary of the PDP In Hamma’Ali ward, respectively.
Speaking on their behalf, Alhaji Bello Yahayya Wurno said that, they joined APC because of the prevailing justice, fairness, and equity, as well as the tangible achievements of Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko when he was the Governor of the state between 2007 and 2015.
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In Rabah Local Government, the prominent defectors include three former elected Chairmen of the area: Alhaji Mohammed Rabah, Alhaji Yusuf Mohammed Rabah, Alhaji Ango Shehu Rabah, and a former Vice Chairman, Alhaji Alhassan Ibrahim Rarah.
Others were: A former member of the Sokoto State House of Assembly, Alhaji Ibrahim Tsamiya, a former Special Adviser to Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, Alhaji Husseini Gandi and a former Caretaker Councillor, Alhaji Tukur Mohammed, among others.
Speaking on their behalf, Alhaji Yusuf Mohammed Rabah averred that, they left their former party because ” there is no any other party like the APC. ”
The leader of the party in the state, the Chairman of the Northern Senators Forum, Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, promised to that they will be treated fairly, justly and equally, as the older members of the party
He described Rabah town as historic and key, as it is the home town of the Iconic leader of the North, the late Premier of Northern Nigeria, Sir Ahmadu Bello, the Sardauna of Sokoto.
Senator Wamakko, who represents Sokoto North Senatorial District also lashed at all those abusing and disparaging President Muhammadu Buhari, saying, ” anybody doing so is either a fool, from a less prominent house or indisciplined, disrespectful family.”
The Chairman of the Campaign Council, Alhaji Muhammadu Maigari Dingyadi and the state party chairman, Alhaji Isa Sadiq Achida, expressed optimism that, APC would win the forthcoming general elections, at all levels, with a landslide victory.
The Gubernatorial Candidate, Alhaji Ahmed Aliyu Sokoto and his running mate, Alhaji Faruku Malami Yabo, promised to strive to emulate Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko when eventually elected.
The duo happily recalled that the tenure of Senator Wamakko as a Governor of the state between 2007 and 2015, had remained unsurpassed, saying, ” we will continue from where he stopped in 2015, In sha Allahu. ”
The Coordinator of the Campaign Committee in the Eastern Zone, former Minister of Culture and Tourism, Senator Bello Jibril Gada, and Senator Ibrahim Gobir, currently representing the District, vowed to massively vote the candidates of the party, at all levels.
Tambuwa how market
Al-amin Isah ,continue to deceive yourself. I stay in Sokoto.This is a lie.
Joshua Diem polling unit will judge
Tambuwa how things dey go for your state now
Joshua Diem
U ate out of point
Tell me where u stay
I stay at Goronyo local govt and if u don’t blif Tambuwal has lost it then u are not staying in Sokoto
This is serious
And Tambuwal is still talking?
Please @ogundipe Ridwan Rotimi don’t kill this people with fact,did you want them to get a hypertension, please add bare for more information.
PDP is gradually relegating.
Tambu Tambu!
How market?
See what Wike has done to your erstwhile lofty political career?
Who ever decimated you to this level, it will never be well with him!!!
And see personality that involved in the defection; Ex whip, Ex LGA chairmen and 20,687 others. What is the number of registed PDP members in sokoto?
20000 only
If this fake news is the reality on grounds, buhari won’t show this level of desperation.
Tambuwal is in serious emotional trouble now. There is no doubt about that.
Story for d gods
They should close this transfer market before Secondus and Atiku decamp
Atiku eye will soon clear,I think he said he is from wurno L G A sokoto
Stop that lie please
Why the alarm!!? You reported that ex this ex that defected and not the current ones!!!!
In another news , 89000 APC members decamped to PDP in Markudi. Nigerian political elites are jokers
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Who counted the 20,,000 defectors, to APC are preparing 20, voters card from sokoto just to rig d election, but God pass dem, liars.