2023: APC Leader, Others Defect to PDP in Kwara

Date: 2022-08-09

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.”

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Kwara Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board     Ahman Patigi     Aminat Omodara     Idi-Ape     Kassim Babamale     Tanke Flyover Bridge     MAI Akande     Muhammad Yahya     Olatinwo     Wahab Kunle Shittu     Adijat Adebiyi     Ibrahim Sulu Gambari     Ajidagba     Sulyman Abdulkareem     Saliu Ajibola Ajia     Saka Aleshinloye     Micheal Imoudu     Towobola Abdulrahman Toyin     S.O. Opowoye     Lanwa     Mohammed Ghali Alaaya     Awwal Jawondo     Congress For National Consensus     Mumeen Lah     Ndama Al-hassan     Okiki     NYSC     Abdul-Rasheed Na\'Allah     Kwara State Sports Commission     Playing Host     Sarah Alade     Ilorin Emirate Stakeholders Forum     Aminat Ahmed     11th Galadima     Muhammad Akande Olarewaju Odunade     Royal FM     Ahmed Dankaya     Ajibike Katibi     Muhammadu Buhari     Hamidu Olowo     Kwara State Fire Service     Akume     Olabode Towoju     HYPPADEC     Ado Ibrahim     Ganiyu Abolarin     Abiodun Musa Aibinu     KWASSIP     Tunde Kazeem     Mohammed Alabi Lawal     Sa\'adu Salau     Offa Grammer School     Tescom.kwarastate.gov.ng     Kwabes     Elections     Abubakar Atiku     Saka Onimago     Sodiya     Umar Bayo Abdulwahab     Sulyman Tejidini     Alabi Lawal     Unicontinental Construction Company     Halimat Yusuf     Onilorin Of Ilorin     Idowu Aremu     Isiaka Rafiu Mope     Musbau A. Akanji     AbdulQowiy Olododo     Bursary     Kazeem Gbolagade     PAACO-PCL Consortium     Toyin Sanusi     Omu-aran     Saheed Popoola     Alabi Olayemi Abdulrazak     Arinola Fatimoh Lawal     Muhammad Mustapha Suleiman    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Danhawa     IFK     Abegunde Goke     Iyiola Oyedepo     Kwara State Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Bayo Ojo     Muhammed Aliyu     Adam Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Diagnostic Centre     Dan Iya Of Ilorin     Olatunde Oyeyiola     Ndama Al-hassan     Amina El-Imam     Kwara 2023     Aisha Abodunrin Ibrahim     Women Radio     Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla     Kwara Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board     Ekweremadu     Katibi Ibraheem Adeola     Facemasks     Tsado Manman     Muhammadu Gobir     Muhammed Abdullahi     Iyaloja-General     Dogara     Yemi Osinbajo     Onilorin     Olaitan Buraimoh     Kwara Primary Health Care Development Agency     Vasolar-Kwara Company Ltd     Salihu Ajibola Ajia     Tinubu     Olusola Saraki     Yekeen Alabi     Sayomi     Babaita     Kazeem Gbolagade     Mohammed Lawal     Olugbense     Alaiye     Muhammad Sirajo Aliyu     Abdulkadir Akanbi-Oke     Ajakaye     TETFUND     Segun Ogunsola     Issa Memunat Moyosore     Yakub Lai Gobir     SUBEB     Mustapha AbdulGaniyu     Iyabo Adisa Ibiyeye     CLAY POT     KWACOBPA     Nurudeen Muhammed     Tunde Mukaila Mustapha     Dan Iya     Innocent Okoye     Cassava Growers\' Association     Segun Abifarin     Adamu Atta     Ilorin Anchor Men And Women     Sulyman Atolagbe Alege     Mohammed Khadijat Kubura     George Innih     Federal Allocation     Christopher Odetunde     Road Transport Employers Association Of Nigeria     Saheed Popoola     Oro Grammar School     Jani Ibrahim     Ahmed Ayinla Jimoh     Harrison Osauwagboe     Seun Bolaji     Tsaragi     Babatunde Ajeigbe     LEAH Charity Foundation     Metro Park