The Zamfara state chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC) has recorded major setback, following the defection of three strong pillars of the party with thousands of their supporters to the opposition PDP.
The three strong pillars of the party are, Salihu Maibuhu, Rabi,u Ilili and Abubakar Bargaja who were supporters of former Governor Abdul Aziz Yari.
They have announced their defection to the opposition PDP with thousands of their supporters, a situation that has scattered the reconciliation process between Governor Bello Mattawale and former Governor Yari.
Speaking to Analyzer news on phone, one of the decampees, Salihu Maibuhu said, they were not interested in the reconciliation process between Matawalle and Yari, as such they decided to join PDP.
”We are not interested in Matawalle, Yari reconciliation and we have decided to defect to the opposition PDP in the state”.
“We are not with Governor Bello Mattawalle and that was why we left the APC together with our supporters”.
“We will however continue with our relationship with the former Governor Abdul Aziz Yari”.
In his reaction, the spokesperson of APC, Zamfara state chapter, Yusuf Idris said the party was never moved to defect to PDP even though they did not officially announce their defection.
Idris said, “The APC has never been moved by their decision to defect even as they failed to officially inform the party of their move which was without any reason but self aggrandizement”.
‘Just as they left the APC, we are happy that the ruling party has continued to receive and welcome more decampees in the state and keeping it ahead of other political parties”.
Also commenting, a spokesperson for Engineer Ibrahim Shehu Bakauye who is currently in court to challenge the election of Dauda Lawal Dare as PDP flag bearer, Comrade Nasiru Ahmed Adamu Zabarma applauded the efforts of the decampees for taking the right step in the right direction.
Zabarma stressed that, “With this developmnet, true picture of Zamfara politics would continue to be unveiled following the defection of these strong APC pillars to the opposition PDP”.
