[b]Latest reports indicate that no fewer than 6400 supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Sokoto State, northern Nigeria, defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Tuesday.

According to a PM NEWS report online, the defecting PDP members were led to the opposition party by a former chairman of Tambuwal local government area, Alhaji Maiakwa Magaji.

Governor Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto was on hand to welcome the defectors during his gubernatorial campaign in the area.

It is understood that the incumbent governor advised the supporters to ensure that they collect their Permanent Voters Card to enable them vote in next month’s general election.

Wamakko also advised the leaders of the defectors, Alhaji Ahmed Tafida and Alhaji Magaji, to sensitise the new APC supporters on the need not to sell their PVCs.

While addressing the large crowd at the event, the governor said that the PVCs remain the only tool needed to bring in good leaders through free, fair and credible elections.

He also called on those who are yet to register, to do so for the overall development of the nation’s nascent democracy.

The governor urged the people to accept the rice, semovita and money being offered by some politicians, stating that they were returning to the people part of the money looted from the public treasury.

Wamakko added that politicians offering such bribes do not have the interests of the people at heart.

Also speaking at the occasion, Alhaji Tafida, said that the APC represents the hope Nigerians are yearning for.

He promised to continue to mobilize people in the area to cast their votes for APC candidates.

Alhaji Magaji said that the party has embarked on political education, noting that all their supporters have been told to play politics without bitterness.

The former council boss promised to mobilize supporters in the area to work hard in ensuring the success of the party at next month’s elections.

It will be recalled that a former chairman of the PDP in Ondo State, Chief Sanya Orungbemi, and 5,000 others from the Akoko North East local government area of the state, were reported to have defected to the APC on Tuesday.

According to the report, the defection happened barely 24 hours after President Goodluck Jonathan had campaigned in Ondo State.

SOURCE: http://www.naij.com/374290-ex-lg-boss-leads-6400-pdp-supporters-to-apc-in-sokoto.html[/b]

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sai Buhari

This one that people are moving in thausand into APC...make the party no come full o,abg make una reserv one space for gej,i see him in apc next yr