…. says PDP lacks political will
By Muhammad Ibrahim, Sokoto
Few days to the commencement of states Governorship campaigns for 2023 elections in Nigeria, leaders of the leading PDP Support Groups in Sokoto, Ubandoma/Sagir Networks for PDP Gubernatorial Candidate in Sokoto State, Mallam Sa’idu Umar Ubandoma have abandoned the party for the All Progressives congress (APC).
This was contained in a release issued by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to Senator Wamakko, Bashar Abubakar MC.
It said the Leader of the Group, who defected to the APC from PDP, Alhaji Ahmad Labaran, alongside over 300 men and women members said the lack of political will and ideology prompted them to quit the party for a safe haven.
Labaran, further regretted being a member of PDP in Sokoto state for long, saying the time he wasted for PDP could have helped him establish himself if he was in the APC hitherto.
Meanwhile, he assured the gathering that they will work for APC towards mobilizing more support for its victory come 2023 polls.
Receiving the defectors on behalf of APC leader in the state, Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, the APC Chairman, Sokoto state, Hon. Isah Sadiq Achida assured the new entrants that they will be treated as any APC member.
He vowed that, if given the mandate and elected into power in the state, the party will ensure justice, equity and fairness for all for the even development of the state.
Achida added that, an APC government in the state will improve the living standards of small scale businessmen in the state and revamp all the sectors that have been grounded by PDP- led government in Sokoto state.
APC Gubernatorial Candidate in the state Hon. Ahmad Aliyu Sokoto, represented by the former Commissioner and APC stalwart in the state, Hon. Muhammadu Tukur Alkali, while welcoming the defectors into APC said they will not regret coming into APC as the party is ready to receive more PDP supporters and ensure equal treatment to all the members.
Tukur Alkali, went down memory lane during Wamakko’s led government saying, youth empowerment was one of the cardinal points accorded utmost importance by the government as many youth were gainfully employed.
He assured that, if Ahmad Aliyu is elected as Governor of Sokoto state, he will revive the abandoned projects by Tambuwal-led government for human capital development.
Meanwhile, a philanthropist in the state, through a Foundation named, “A’isha Foundation” has empowered over one hundred women with financial assistance during the occasion in the area.
The event which took place at Unguwar Mallamai, Sokoto South Local Government area of the state had in attendance, Member, State House of Assembly representing Sokoto South I, Hon. Almustapha Abdullahi Dust, candidates for Houses of Representatives and State Assembly, Hon. Bala Hassan Abubakar III, and Alhaji Aminu Gidado Jegawa.
Others were: State APC Secretary, Abubakar Muhammad Yabo, Treasurer of the Party, Haruna Adiya, Publicity Secretary of the Party, Sambo Bello Danchadi, former Sokoto South local Government Chairmen, Hon. Ya’u Muhammad Danda and Hon. Aminu Sani Liman, among many others.
