2023: APC Leader, Others Defect to PDP in Kwara
All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain in Kwara State, Alhaji Bala Mahmud, and his teeming supporters in the party yesterday dumped the party for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of the 2023 polls in the state.
Mahmud, who was a former member of the 14-member committee on Patigi/Lafiagi crisis set up by the state government, stated that he decided to dump APC for PDP with his supporters in view of the leadership skills of former Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, and the decision of the PDP to zone the governorship ticket of the party to Kwara North senatorial district ahead of next year polls in the state.
The defectors are from Patigi town, the headquarters of Patigi LGA of the state.
They were later received into the PDP fold by the former Ambassador to Japan and former governorship aspirant of the party, Professor Mohammed Yisa Gana.
Speaking at the event at Patigi, the leader of the defectors, Mahmud, said their decision was based on the zeal of the PDP as the only political party that gave Kwara North the opportunity it has been looking for.
He said: “We've come to join the only party that has proven to us that Kwara North is also part of Kwara State.
“I want to assure the leadership of the party that we will join hands with our people in other local government councils in Kwara North to deliver massively for the party governorship candidate, Alhaji Shuaibu Yaman Abdullahi.”
Receiving the defectors, the former governorship aspirant of PDP, Professor Gana, said: “The 11th hour money politics embarked upon by the present administration in the state will not sway our people.
“We are determined to produce the next governor for this state and no going back.
“When you talk of political structure in Kwara State, Dr. Bukola Saraki owns it, and when you need to discuss a leader with leadership prowess, it's him.”
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Naira Redesign Oasis Muslim Care Foundation Yusuf Amuda Gobir Kanu Agabi Plat Technologies Yusuf Lawal Samuel Adaramola Kwara 2023 Mustapha Olanipekun Micheal Imodu-Ganmo Road Lawan Abubakar B.M Oyedepo Ademola Kiyesola Muhammed Aliyu Shao Modupe Oluwole International Aviation College GGDSS Pakata Theophilus Oyebiyi Maryam Ado Bayero Mutawali BIR Umar Adelodun Iyeru Grammar School Rotimi Samuel Olujide KWASSIP Abdulrazaq Solihudeen IFK Oniyangi Haleeman Salman Kwara State Internal Revenue Service Hakeem Idris Michael Imoudu National Institute For Labour Studies Amule National Democratic Congress Ahmed Bolaji Nagode Musa Alhassan Buge Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq Alfa Modibbo Belgore Umar Danladi Shero Ahmad Uthman Damilola Yusuf Omu-aran Olupako Ilorin South Constituency George Funsho Adebayo Ibraheem Adeola Katibi Share/Tsaragi Ile Arugbo Albert Ogunsola Oyeyemi Olasumbo Florence Lola Olabayo Femi Oladiji Kumbi Titilope Kwara State Branch Of The National Library Olaitan Adefila Ohoro Of Shao Logun LEAH Charity Foundation Jalala Azeez Bello Haruna Olawale Sulaiman Towobola Abdulrahman Toyin Kwara State Fish Farmers Association Owo Isowo Khadijat Ayoola Yusuf TESCOM Ben Duntoye Kwarareports Bayo Ajia Lukman Adeloyin Usman Alkali Baba Buari Edun Saka Asiat Ayinke Yahaya Muhammad Surajudeen Akanbi

