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6,000 APC members decamp to PDP [PICS]

About 6,000 members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Geidam Local Government Area (LGA) of Yobe State have decamped to the main opposition, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

POLITICS NIGERIA reports that the defection happened on Sunday.

Defection at Geidam LGA Yobe State

Similarly at the weekend, APC members under the Leadership of Alhaji Usman Mai Kwalta in Dogo Nini Ward decamped to the PDP in Potiskum LGA. They were received by the Zonal PDP Chairman Alhaji Hassan Sharu; Potiskum PDP Chairman Alh. Shayibu Randy; and other stakeholders.

Meanwhile, the PDP in Yobe State has accused the Yobe State Road Traffic Management Agency (YOROTA) and security agencies of removing its flags and campaign posters in various parts of the state.

A member of the party’s Board of Trustees (BoT) and PDP leader in the state, Alhaji Adamu Maina Waziri, made the allegation at the inauguration of the party’s State Campaign Council (SCC) in Damaturu, Yobe State Capital.

He said the PDP had the right to exist and operate as a political party in Nigeria’s political space.

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