About 1, 266 members of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP have decamped to the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Jigawa State.
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Alhaji Aminu Sani, the State APC chairman, received the decampees on Sunday in Maigatari Local Government Area.
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This comes weeks after he was elected as the new State’s Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC.
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It was gathered that all the state’s executive members from ward to state Congress emerged through consensus, in accordance with the party’s constitution.
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Receiving the decampees in Maigatari, the party chairman said the development had clearly indicated that the party had fulfilled its promises.
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Represented by the party youth leader, Alhaji Ibrahim Ya’u, he said the decampees would be given equal rights as every member of the party.
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In his speech, the council chairman, Uzairu Nadabo said the defection was part of the activities to mark his 100 days in office as the Local Government Chairman
