92,000 APC Members, Others, Defect To PDP In Katsina

92,000 APC Members, Others, Defect To PDP In Katsina

On Tuesday, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Katsina State received 92000 decampees from the All Progressives Congress (APC) and other state parties.

The decampees were welcomed at Katsina’s Muhammadu Dikko Stadium during a campaign rally for PDP presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar.

According to the announcement made by the Director General of Atiku Abubakar Campaign Council, 49000 APC members from Katsina Zone defected to the PDP. While 23000 people decamped from the Funtua zone and another 19000 from Daura zone, a total of 91 people decamped from the state’s three senatorial zones.

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Dino said, “Ladies and gentlemen just to quickly announce to us that today we have decampees from the three Katsina Senatorial Zones.

“From the Daura Zone we have 19000 people that are decamping and they are being represented by Alhaji Yahaya Kwande

“From Funtua zone we have 23000 decampees represented by Alhaji Baba Yale Yaro and in Katsina zone we have 49000 APC members that are decamping today under the chairmanship of Alhaji Aminu Lawal Mani.

“But the most important decampees here today is the former Secretary to the Government of Katsina State under Governor Aminu Bello Masari.”

Senator Iyorchia Ayu, the party’s national chairman, welcomed all decampees to the party, noting that they made a wise decision by joining forces with the PDP to rescue the country from the ruling APC.