No fewer than 850 members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) have defected to the All Progressives Party (APC) in Zaria, Kaduna state.
NAN reports that the defectors include Ibrahim Hassan-Pako, the PRP youth leader in Zaria, and a prominent PDP member, Hajiya Sa’adiya Mohammed-Mai-Yanga.
Receiving the defectors at Tudun Wada Ward in Zaria on Saturday, Aliyu Idris-Ibrahim, the APC chairman in the LGA, assured the defectors that they would be treated fairly.
He urged the new members to feel at home and be supportive to ensure the success of the party in 2019.
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Idris-Ibrahim said active support of the defectors in the general election will be critical to APC victory.
He said APC members in the council area were determined to convince more Nigerians to support President Muhammadu Buhari and governor Nasiru el-Rufa’I’s re-election bid.
“This is one of the reasons that our leaders embarked on door-to-door sensitisation of people which culminated into what we are witnessing today, receiving over 850 defectors from different political parties.
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“It is our hope that more will join the train very soon, and we are going to assist them with the necessary support,” he said.
Speaking on behalf of all the defectors, Hassan-Pako said they were moved by the good leadership of APC.
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