- Over 2,000 members of the All Progressives Congress have decamped to the Peoples Democratic Party in Kano
- The defectors said there were being treated that second class members of the party
- They accused the senior special assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on National Assembly matters of running the party like his empire in Sumaila local government area
On Monday, March 13, over 2,000 people decamped from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kano state.
Leadership reports that the APC members defection to PDP took place in Sumaila local government area of Kano state.
It was gathered that the former members of the APC were all received by an ex-governor of Kano state, Ibrahim Shekarau, Aminu Wali and Gambo Salau.
The defectors led by Surajo Kanawa accused the ruling party of allowing the senior special assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on National Assembly matters, Abdulrahman Sumaila, to run the APC like his empire.
The aggrieved former APC members said that Sumaila only favours members of the Kawu empire whom he recognises as authentic members of the party in the area.
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Kanawa also alleged that through his highhandedness, Sumaila has blocked all channel employed by members to reach the APC headquarters for complaints while treating members with contempt.
He also said that lack of equity, fairness and internal democracy has made the APC's future appear bleak in the local government area.
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NAIJ.com earlier reported that the former caretaker committee chairman of the PDP, Ahmed Makarfi, had raised concerns that more members of the party may leave the opposition.
Makarfi's assertion followed the decamping of strong members of the PDP - Jerry Gana, Tunde Adeniran among others - to the Social Democratic Party.
He however assured that the defection was not as serious as it was widely reported in the media.
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Source: Naija.ng
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