No fewer than 5,558 members of All Progressives Congress (APC) defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kaduna State on Monday. The defectors are from the 23 native authorities areas of the state.
They had been obtained at Zonkwa, Zangon Kataf Local Government Area , throughout a ceremony attended by distinguished PDP officers each on the nationwide and state ranges.
In a comment Alhaji Ahmad Makarfi, former PDP National Caretaker Committee Chairman, described the occasion as vital, and suggested the returnees to be part of arms to realise the social gathering’s targets.
Makarfi, stated that “God-willing, the prayers of the masses is heard and will be answered,” he stated.
He then urge the folks to turnout enmass by May 12 and vote PDP candidates in the state native council polls, including, “we must ensure that we protect our votes and guard against any form of rigging”.
Besides, Dr Hassan Hyet, the Chairman of the PDP in the state, decried the state of insecurity throughout the nation, saying that the folks should mobilise to flip across the ugly tide.
Senator Ibrahim Tsauri, PDP National Secretary, whereas welcoming the returnees expressed optimism that the social gathering was on its approach again to the reckoning.
Responding unbehalf of the returnees, Jagaba Adams Jagaba, (APC-Kachia/Kagarko) federal constituency, stated the returnees and PDP as an entire had learnt from its previous errors, assuring that the social gathering would safeguard the pursuits of the returnees.