It was a massive harvest of souls on Sunday, 19th December 2015, when no fewer than 370,000 members of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) left their party to join the All Progressive Congress (APC) camp. In a grand reception ceremony attended by many APC stalwarts including Rt. Hon. Dogara Yakubu (Speaker of the House of Representatives), the national chairman of the APC and eight governors on the party's platfrom received the defectors in Dutse amid jubilation.
The APC governors present at the occasion were Alhaji Bindo Jibrila (Adamwa), Alhaji Abubakar Bello (Niger), Alhaji Atiku Bagudu (Kebbi) and Alhaji Bello Masari (Katsina). Others include Alhaji Muhammed Abubakar of Bauchi State, Alhaji Kasim Shetima of Borno State, Alhaji Abdulazeez Yari of Zamfara State and Ptof. Hafiz Abubakar, Deputy Governor of Kano State.
Receiving the defectors, the National Chairman of the APC, Chief John Oyegun, said the calibre of the defectors was an indication that APC was on the right track. He commended the Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Muhammed Badaru for his good leadership in the state which he said led to the harvest of former PDP chieftains in the state. In his remarks, Badaru, who said that the number of defectors was more than 370,000, pledged that APC would be fair to them and that they would be treated like the old members of the party.
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