4,000 APC Members Defect To PDP In Nasarawa

More than 4,000 members of the All
Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday
defected to the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) in Keffi and Kokona local
government areas of Nasarawa State.
A correspondent report that the defectors
were formally received into the PDP fold
at Keffi and Garaku, the headquarters of
Keffi and Kokona local government areas,
respectively by the state’s Chairman of
the party, Mr Yunana Iliya.
Speaking while receiving the defectors,
Iliya commended their decision to join
the PDP and urged members of other
political parties in the state to also join
the party.
He commended their courage of the
defectors and urged party loyalists to
embrace the new entrants.
The PDP state chairman assured that the
party would continue to initiate
programmes aimed at bringing
development to the people.
Iliya appealed to the electorate to vote
for PDP candidates in the upcoming local
government elections in the state as as
well as in subsequent elections.
He said that, if elected, the party would
embark on massive construction of rural
roads to open up the rural areas in the
state.
Iliya said that the plight of women,
children, persons with disabilities as well
as other vulnerable groups would be also
given top priority by the party.
While appreciating the people for
sustaining peace in the two council areas,
Iliya urged them to sustain the culture of
tolerance and peaceful co-existence.
He also called on the public to support
the efforts of security agencies in
maintaining peace in the area.
Speaking on behalf of the defectors, Mr
Ibrahim Anfani, said that their decision to
join the PDP was informed by the
leadership style of those elected under
the party’s platform across the state
Anfani said that most of the people
elected under the platform of the PDP had
carried everybody along irrespective of
tribal, religious and political inclination in
the state .
Also speaking, a member of the state
assembly (PDP- Kokona West), Mr Danladi
Jatau, assured 100 per cent victory of the
party in the upcoming council poll.
NAN reports that the party is currently on
a state-wide sensitisation of its supporters
ahead of the forthcoming local
government elections in the state. (NAN)