2023 Elections: Bad News for PDP As Party Support Group Defects
- Some leaders of of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Sokoto have defected to the ruling APC in Sokoto
- The leaders of the group are known as ‘Ubandoma/Sagir Youth Mobilisation and Awareness Support Group
- Bashar Abubakar, the special assistant to Sen. Aliyu Wamakko (APC-Sokoto North), the APC leader in the state made this known
The leaders of the main support group of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Sokoto state have joined the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2023 General Elections.
This is contained in a statement issued to newsmen in Sokoto on Wednesday by Mr Bashar Abubakar, the Special Assistant to Sen. Aliyu Wamakko (APC-Sokoto North), the APC leader in the state, The News Agency of Nigeria reports.
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According to Abubakar, the leaders of the group known as ‘Ubandoma/Sagir Youth Mobilisation and Awareness Support Group’, were received into the fold of APC by Alhaji Ahmad Aliyu, the party’s governorship candidate.
“Those received by APC are: Lukman Kwaire and Anas Muhammad, the group’s Chairman and Secretary, respectively."
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Abubakar said, ”the defectors had been working for PDP in many fields but found no political Ideology and focus within the party which made them cease their support and joined APC.
”The new members dumped the PDP following an intervention by one of the APC stakeholders in the state, Alhaji Umaru Tambuwal.”
Abubakar expressed confidence that APC would emerge victorious during the polls considering the volume of people joining the party on a daily basis.
2023 presidency: 7 strong PDP states Atiku may lose in 2023
Legit.ng also reported that Nigeria’s presidential elections, political parties are naturally expected to win the states where the governors belong to them.
This is because governors wield strong influence in their respective states and are expected to work for their presidential candidate’s victory.
However, there have been some instances where presidential candidates lost in the states where the governors belong to their parties. To cite a few examples, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) was in charge of Oyo state before the 2019 elections, with the late Abiola Ajimobi as the governor.
Atiku Support Group dumps PDP presidential candidate
In another report, the Youths for Atiku Political Group (YOFA) group has declared support for the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi.
In a statement released on Tuesday, November 22, the group said it is not backing Atiku in 2023.
YOFA, which has changed its name to Youths for Peter Obi (YOPO), said it decided to back the LP presidential candidate and his running mate, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, because they "are young, diverse, competent, energetic, kind-hearted."
Source: Legit.ng
