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.
KWASAA Okin High School Salman Alada Abdulrauf Aliyu CCEPE Toyosi Thomas Nigerian Army Kemi Adeosun Students Union Government LABTOP Kazeem Gbolagade Suraj Tunji Oyewale Abubakar Olusola Saraki Prince Sunday Fagbemi GAMA Ramadan Apaola Toun Okewale-Sonaiya Muritala Olarewaju Awoye Tunde Mukaila Mustapha Baboko Primary School Lawan Hussein Olokooba Ahmed Alhasssan Modibo Kawu Omu-aran Samuel Elizabeth Keatswa Ilorin Curfew Lola Olabayo Alabere Wahab Abayawo Allocation Shururat Olatinwo Mary Arinde Sobi FM ASMAU PLAZA Saliu Tunde Bello Samari Yusuf Abdulwahab Kwara State Council Of Chiefs Ilorin Airport Abdulrahman Abdulrasak Zara Umar Sarakite Bamidele Aluko Kazeem Adekanye Alikinla Baakini Bolakale Ayo Doyin Awoyale Saka Asiat Ayinke Maryam A. Garuba Moshood Bakare Hamza Usman Idris Amosa Saidu Pilgrims Board Olupako Of Share Yahaya Abdulkareem Babaita Oba Abdulkadir La\'aro Abdulquawiy Olododo IYA ALFA NLA Omoniyi Oladipo Akanmu Tolani Oniwasi Agbaye Pakata Patriots Wahab Isa Arinola Fatimoh Lawal Orisa Bridge Ayodele Kuburat Olaosebikan Galadiman Ngeri Shero Ubandoma TESCOM 2025 Iyabo Adewuyi Michael Nzekwe Titus Ashaolu

