The Speaker of the Kaduna State House of Assembly, Alhaji Yusuf Zailani, has hailed the defection of Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara to the All Progressives Congress (APC), adding that it was a sign that the party will win the 2023 general elections.
Zailani said this in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Ibrahim Danfulani in Kaduna on Wednesday.
“Our great party is already making huge gains ahead of 2023 general elections with the defection of Gov. Bello Matawalle, lawmakers and the collapse of the entire PDP structure in the state,” he said.
Zailani congratulated Matawalle for moving to APC, saying it was long overdue.
He charged the people to rally round the governor to enable him take the state to a greater heights, with his movement into the progressive fold.