2023: APC in trouble as Gombe governor's associates defect to PDP
- The ruling APC in Gombe state is battling with a serious internal crisis ahead of the 2023 general election
- Some bigwigs of the party are said to have defected to the opposition PDP over unresolved issues
- But the leadership of the APC is reportedly trying what is tagged as damage control to save the party from mass defection
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The wind of defection ongoing in Gombe state has led to the resignation of Governor Yahaya Inuwa's adviser on religious affairs, Sheik Auwal Abdullahi (Gafakan Akko), as his supporters reportedly join him.
Legit.ng gathered that fresh reports from the state have revealed that massive resignations in the government are quietly ongoing.
This was said to have shocked the governor, who was said to have frantically reached out to the ruling party's leadership to act quickly to slow down the gale defections, especially in the ruling party structure.
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It was learnt that sources in Gombe described the shift in alliances as resulting from mobilization moves of the opposition party flagbearer Hon Jibrin Barde.
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The defectors in large numbers that would expectedly be received by Barde's PDP in the next couple of weeks are believed to be members of the ruling party that has lost faith in the administration of Governor Inuwa Yahaya for what the defectors considered a failure of the administration to deliver on its mandate over the years.
Speaking with Legit. ng, another influential politician, Hon. Julius Ishaya, a former commissioner of information to Governor Inuwa has also joined the list of progressives in the state's political history.
PDP ready to battle APC in Gombe
A one-time member of the Gombe state House of Assembly, Honorable Ado Wantos has also defected to the PDP, to forge a new alliance with the Barde campaign team against the incumbent governor ahead of the 2023 governorship elections in the state.
A source in the Gombe state PDP said Barde's mobilization moves would get a further boost "if the reception of tens of thousands of APC supporters goes according to plans", adding that already, the supporters of the high profile defectors would join their leaders in droves.
News feelers from Gombe also confirmed the defection of the former Funakaye local government chairman, Honorable Alhaji Kari Bajoga from APC to the PDP, with the possibility of his supporters and political associates joining the new decampment queue.
Reports showed there is an uneasy camp in the ruling APC as it was becoming uncertain how many strategic members of the ruling party were set to decamp.
Over 200 APC Members in Northern Governor’s Neighbourhood Defect to PDP
Legit. ng had previously reported that about 216 members of the APC in the Kofar Kola area of Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi state, defected to the PDP ahead of the 2023 general election.
It was reported that those who defected to the PDP included 134 male and 84 female party members.
Kofar Kola is a stronghold of the APC in the town because it is Governor Abubakar Atiku Bagudu’s neighbourhood.
Source: Legit.ng
