Former Sokoto Gov Bafarawa Dumps APC For PDP

Former governor of Sokoto State, Attahiru Bafarawa, has formally made a switch from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The defection of Bafarawa was made public in Sokoto by
his media advisor, Yusuf Dingyadi, who said the former
governor made the "collective and unanimous decision" on
the basis of a consensus reached by his associates and
supporters from the 23 local governments of the state.

According to him, Bafarawa and his associates no longer
believed they will get justice and a sense of belonging in
the APC.

Dingyadi, also the state Publicity Secretary of the
Bafarawa's faction of APC, said that the decision was taken
on Saturday after a meeting with Bafarawa and former
Kano State Governor, Ibrahim Shekarau.

Dingyadi said the meeting was also attended by the
supporters of Bafarawa in the three parties, who merged to
form the APC.

According to Dingyadi, the leaders of the former
governor's faction of the APC had been asked to go back to
the 23 local government areas in the state for further
consultation.

In his reaction, State Secretary of Gov. Aliyu Wamakko's
faction of the APC, Alhaji Ahmed Aliyu, told NAN that it
was a welcome development.

"It is a good omen for the APC in Sokoto state and at the
national level. APC will now be stronger and united.

"Bafarawa is afraid of Wamakko. He had since been
working for PDP. Only his body was in APC, but his heart
was already in the PDP," said Aliyu, who is also the health
commissioner, said.

Wamakko had defected to the APC from the PDP, although
his deputy, Alhaji Mukhtari Shagari, refused to defect to
the APC.

The APC in the state had since been factionalised into two,
with two separate state headquarters and different interim
state caretaker leaderships.