Atiku: NNPP North-East Secretary resigns, urges Kwankwaso to quit
By Chima Azubuike
New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), North-East zonal Secretary Dr. Babayo Liman and hundreds of his supporters have defected to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Saturday in Gombe.
Liman, made the disclosure during a media chat while declaring his unflinching support to Atiku Abubakar, PDP Presidential candidate.
The former NNPP member, abandoned his position in the Presidential Campaign Council of Kwankwaso, stressing that he decided to resign his appointment in NNPP and defect to PDP in other to support the former Vice President following his track record.
He said, “We registered more than 3.6 million people in the North-East Region under NNPP and Gombe is one of the state in my zone, hence the need for me to go round and inform my supporters that I defected to PDP.
“I am resigning my appointment as the North-East zonal Secretary of the NNPP, as a member of the presidential campaign Council of the NNPP, and as a coordinator of the Kwankwasiya in the zone.
“And we have nothing to do with NNPP and Kwankwasiya again, not only me defected, with me here is the zonal Public Relations Officer Ibrahim Tal also resigned his appointment to support Atiku Abubakar with our supporters as you can see.
“I want to seize this opportunity to inform more than 600,000 NNPP members we have in Gombe to defect and obtain PDP membership card.”
According to him, the Presidential candidate of NNPP Rabiu Kwankwaso should withdraw from the race and support the candidate of Peoples Democratic Party Atiku Abubakar.
He disclosed that 16 years of PDP administration was a success because of the notable impact.
“Atiku Abubakar has the capacity to salvage the country from its present hardship and dwindling economy following his track record in the past as the Vice President of Nigeria,” he said.
