PDP, others suffer loss as 1,500 members defect to APC
No fewer than 1,500 party members have defected from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA and Young Progressive Party, YPP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Zamfara State.
Rep, Aminu Jaji, lawmaker representing the Birnin Magaji/Kaura Namoda Federal Constituency in the lower legislative chamber received the defectors on Monday.
It was gathered that the defectors included the leaders and supporters of PDP, APGA, YPP and other political parties in the state.
Jaji, represented by the State Chairman, APC Jajiyyaa Group, Alhaji Isiyaka Ajiya-Anka described the action of the defectors as a welcome development to the ruling party.
He assured the decampees of fair treatment and good working relationship to enhance the capacity of the party in the state.
He expressed confidence that the caliber of the defectors, especially the leaders of other political parties, would boost the strength of the Jajiyya movement.
According to Isiyaka, prominent politicians among the decampees included the former state APGA Chairman, Alhaji Rabi’u Salisu-Bature, with hundreds of APGA members from across the state.
He added that they included the state YPP Chairman, Alhaji Sani Anka, along with hundreds of YPP members from across the state.
“Other prominent decampees also included PDP leader from Shinkafi Local Government Area and a former Director-General, Alhaji Nasiru Yusuf and a Shinkafi PDP elder, Malam Ibrahim Tado.
”Other defectors to APC included PDP the Women leader, Shinkafi LGA, Hajiya Abu Alasan and the PDP youth leader, Shinkafi LGA, Lukman Hamidu,” he stated.
