No fewer than 2,000 members of other political parties on Saturday declared their support for Mr Arinzechukwu Awogu, candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) for Ogbaru Federal Constituency in Anambra. Awogu received the defectors who came from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), All Progressives Congress (APC) and...
Defection
The All Progressive Congress (APC) in Kaduna, says it has received 12,817 decampees of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) into its fold in Giwa Local Government Area of the state. Sen. Uba Sani said this at a rally to formally receive the decampees including a former Commissioner for Woman...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Zamfara House of Assembly candidate for Talata Mafara North Constituency, Umar Yahaya had defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). This is contained in a statement issued in Gusau on Friday by the State APC Publicity Secretary, Malam Yusuf Idris. The News Agency of...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara State has said the 2023 governorship election in the state will be a walk over. The state Publicity Secretary of APC, Alhaji Yusuf Idris, stated this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) in Abuja on Sunday. He said:...
No fewer than 1,000 card-carrying women members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), have defected to the All progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara. This is contained in a statement issued in Gusau on Saturday by Mr Jamilu Iliyasu, Press Secretary to Gov. Bello Matawalle. The decampees who announced their...
Ahead of the 2023 General Elections, one of the prominent elders in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Sokoto state, Alhaji Sahabi Bojo-Bodinga, had defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Bojo-Bodinga, a PDP stalwart from Sokoto South Senatorial District was received by the APC leader in the state,...
Gov Bello Matawalle receiving State PDP Women Leader, Madina Shehu, after her defection to APC at Gusau Government House on Thursday. Women Leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Zamfara, Hajiya Madina Shehu, defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday. Hajiya Shehu announced her defection in...
Former Kebbi Commissioner for Environment, Mr Ishaku Daudu and his supporters defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Saturday in Birnin Kebbi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Daudu was a prominent stakeholder in the PDP for more than...
An All Progressive Congress’ (APC) stalwart in Katsina State, Alhaji Shafi’u Abd-Duwab, says the defection of the immediate past Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Mr Mustapha Inuwa, from the party to the Peoples Democratic party (PDP) is a betrayal. Abdu-Duwab, who is also the state’s APC welfare Secretary,...
The leaders of a PDP support group in Sokoto state, Ubandoma/Sagir Network, alongside several other members, have defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). This is contained in a statement issued to newsmen on Monday in Sokoto by Malam Bashar Abubakar, the Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to...
The Dingyadi-Badawa ward leaders, Bodinga Local Government in Sokoto State have defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). A statement from Hassan Sanyinnawal, the spokesman of the party, on Friday in Sokoto said the defectors include ward Secretary, Ummarun Hassan and Assistant Treasurer, Manu Abubakar. Others are Barno Akamawa,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Coalition of Civil Society Organizations in Nigeria (COCSON) has debunked media reports that over 19,500 registered members of the All Progressive Congress (APC) have decamped to the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Katsina State. Recalled That on Saturday, the media space was...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in President Muhammadu Buhari’s Katsina North Senatorial zone has been hit by defections, as many of its registered members have decamped to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). It was learnt that about 19,500 registered APC members were received by the PDP in Baure and...
By BARBARA KALU, Awka – The former Anambra Governorship Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Valentine Ozigbo, has defected to the Labour Party (LP). Mr. Ozigbo announced his defection from the party in a statement issued on Friday in Awka. He said: “There comes a defining moment...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as a hype and show of shame reports on the defection of its members to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo. This is contained in a statement issued by the party’s state Assistant Publicity Secretary, Mr Victor Osheobo, on Saturday in...
No fewer than 616 members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Dukku Local Government Area of Gombe State on Saturday defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). An ex-chieftain of PDP, Alhaji Kwairanga Dukku, led the new entrants, including women and youths leaders from different wards within the...
The Deputy Governor of Edo, Chief Philip Shaibu, on Friday received scores of defectors from the All Progressives Congress (APC) from Edo North into the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The defectors were led by Sen. Francis Alimikhena representing Edo North Senatorial District at the Senate. They said they were...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has refuted report claiming mass defection from the party to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kebbi State. Alhaji Suleiman Argungun, the National Organising Secretary, APC said this when he spoke with newsmen on Sunday in Abuja. Argungun, also a former deputy governor of...
By PATRICK ABANG Calabar – Ahead of the 2023 general elections, over 5, 000 All Progressives Congress (APC) members have defected to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the northern senatorial zone. The defectors include former APC wards and chapter officers, women leaders, leaders of Hausa community in Ogoja, Yala,...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo has debunked a report making the rounds on social media that he plans to dump the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2023 general election. Osinbajo’s spokesman Laolu Akande, who debunked the report in a statement issued on...