2,000 Persons Dump APC, PDP Declare For NNPP In Gombe
No fewer than 2,000 former members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Kaltungo Local Government Area of Gombe State on Sunday defected to the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP).
Receiving the defectors Governorship candidate of the party in the state, Khamisu Mailantarki, alongside other party chieftains congratulated the new members for finding refuge in NNPP.
According to Mailantarki, their coming into the party at this period was a great success, assuring that they would be carried along in all his political activities.
He said both PDP and APC had been opportune to rule the state in the past years alleging however that they had not performed according to the people’s expectations.
Mailantarki disclosed that NNPP would provide a better alternative in the next year’s election asking the new defectors to mobilise people widely in their places.
Mailantarki said, “Glory be to almighty God for the successes being recorded by NNPP every passing day. This is as a result of the good manifestos of the party, that is why more people are trooping to join it. Together, we can do it and have a new Gombe State come 2023”.
Our Correspondent reports that some of the party chieftains that attended the event include; the party’s Gombe south senatorial candidate Abigail David Albashi, Deputy Governorship Candidate Hamma Tanimu and state party chairman Maikano Abdullahi among others.
