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.

Christopher Tunji Ayeni     Hikmah AbdulKareem     EndSARS     Bankole Omishore     SDP     Segun Adeniyi     Shero     John Dara     Senior Special Assistant On Student Affairs     Lai Mohammed     Bareke     Sadiq Buhari     Metro Park     Temi Kolawole     Shehu Alimi Foundation For Peace And Development     UNIFEMGA     Abiodun Abdulkareem     Imam Gambari     Musa Abdullahi     Government House     KWASEIC     Salake     Idris Garuba     Opolo Global Innovation Limited     Olaiya Victor Mobolaji     MMWG     AGF Abdulrazaq     Just Event Online     Prince Bola Ajibola     Gbemisola Saraki     Osi     James Ayeni     Albert Ogunsola     Lukman Adeloyin     Presidential Election     Bello Bature     Olatunji Ayeni     Oba Of Jebba     Lanwa     KWSIEC     Baba Isale     Ajibike Katibi     Aliyu Kora Sabi     Ilorin     Adegoke Bamidele     Obuh     Ashiru     Amule     Kishira     Gafaru Olayiwola Olorisade     Abubakar Lah     Democracy Day     Lafiagi     Ubandoma Of Ilorin     Ilorin South Constituency     Ayobola Ipinlaiye     Abdulrahman Abdullahi Kayode     Kwara Hotel     Kwara     Amuda Musbau     Ohoro Of Shao     Lanre Badmus     Ibrahim Labaika     KWASIEC     First Lady     Suleiman Alege Kuranga     Al-Hikmah Radio     Madawaki Of Ilorin     ENetSuD     National Association Of Nigerian Students     Kwara State Branch Of The National Library     Offa     TESCOM     Yusuf Zulu-Gambari     Madawaki     IPSAS     Medview Airlines    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Hassan A. Saliu     Saidu Yaro Musa     Minister     Tinubu Legacy Forum     Ajase-Ipo     Paul Odama     Ayegbeni     Wasiu Onidugbe     Dan-Kazeem     Wahab Issa     Oyun     Sarah Jubril     Abdulazeez Arowona     Aminat Omodara     Frootify     Danladi     Durbar     Olatunji Moronfoye     Markaz Arabic And Islamic Training Institute, Agege     Afin Descendants Union Of Odo-Owa     Pakata Development Association     Oluranti Idowu     Issa Oloruntogun     Fatai Adeniyi Garba     Amos Bajeh     Amuda Musbau     Demola Banu     Hajj     Ahman Patigi     Mohammed Haruna     KSIRS     Salman Suleiman     Basic Education Certificate Examination     Yoonus Lawal     Esuwoye     NFAI     Makama Of Ilorin     Maja     Dapo Teni Nig Enterprise     Kpotum Mohammed Baba     Isaac Gbenle     Solomon Edojah     Trader Moni     Adesoye     Moshood Mustapha     Ilesha Gwanara Road     Suleiman Alege Kuranga     Kwabes     Oba David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     Ajibola Saliu Ajia     Rafiu Ajakaye     Abdulrazaq Aiyelabegan     Lateef Fagbemi     Press Release     Sanitation Exercise     Congress For National Consensus     Bashirat Bola Bello     Elerin Of Adanla     LEAH Charity Foundation     Abdulahi Abubakar Bata     Ado Ibrahim     Onilorin     Woro     Musibau Akanji     Sobi Hill     Ronke Adeyemi     Jumoke F. Ajao     Rabiu Kwankwaso     David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     Alfa Belgore     Bamikole Omishore     Vasolar-Kwara Company Ltd     Lanwa     Kanu Agabi     Hausa     Iyeru Grammar School     Kunle Okeowo