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.
Shururat Olatinwo Okasanmi Ajayi Mike Omotosho March 18 Lucky Omoluwa Razak Atunwa Babata Saka Keji Leke Ogungbe Hussein Olokooba Oke-Odo Logun Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone Benin Republic Abdulmajeed Abdullahi Council Of The Wise George Innih Oba Abdulkadir La\'aro Savannah Centre For Diplomacy, Democracy And Development Tanke Flyover Bridge Bello John Olanrewaju Saadu Yusuf Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq Sam Okaula Www.Kwarareports.com Ayinde Oyepitan Kwara State Infrastructure Development Fund Oyedun Juliana Funke Muazam Nayaya ARMTI Isiaka Saka Opobiyi CELF JAAC Lai Mohammed Aso Ofi Niyi Ogundiran Bola Magaji Moshood Mustapha Moses Rahman Popoola Air Peace Sheriff Shagaya AbdulHakeem Ajibola Akanbi Abdul-Rasheed Na\'Allah George Funsho Adebayo Abioye Bello Quranic Recitation Competition Magaji Erubu Smart School Vasolar Consortium Sheikh Ariyibi Aso-ofi David Adesina Baba Issa Awoye Quareeb Islamic Association Yakub Ali-Agan Sabo-Oke Quareeb Bayo Onimago Gurei Nupe Memunat Monsuma Aliyu U. Tilde Just Event Online Rachael Obisesan Wahab Abayawo Adamu Jemilat-Baki Yusuf Abubakar Aminat Omodara Kwara State University Of Education Adamu Atta Folorunsho Erubu Hassan Saliu Unicontinental Construction Company Elerinjare Ophthalmological Society Of Nigeria Muhammad Fawaz Abubakar Abdulahi Abubakar Bata

