Ahead of the 2023 general elections, members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who are ward leaders in Dingyadi-Badawa, Bodinga Local Government Area (LGA) of Sokoto State have defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
A statement on Friday by Hassan Sahabi Sanyinnawal, the spokesperson of the PDP, obtained by POLITICS NIGERIA, said the decampees include Ward Secretary, Ummarun Hassan and Assistant Treasurer, Manu Abubakar.
Others are Barno Akamawa, the ward Public Relations Officer (PRO) and four ward delegates: Sunusi Imam, Shehu Abubakar, Bello Alhaji, and Sani Modi, as well as several of their supporters in the area.
Receiving them into the party, Bello Goronyo, the state PDP Chairman, assured them that the ruling party will treat them fairly.
“You are all now full members of the PDP and I want to assure you of equal treatment with all our members in the state,” he promised.
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