11 commissioners in Taraba state have reportedly dumped the Peoples Democratic Party for the ruling party of the All Progressives Congress.
This massive defection to the ruling party comes a few hours to the rally of the presidential candidate of the APC, Bola Tinubu and his running mate, Kashim Shettima in the state today.
The defectors are expected to be received into APC by the president, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) at the rally. This defection comes less than 16 days to the presidential election.
At the heels of this is also the rumour that the deputy governor of Sokoto State, Manir Dan’Iya, has decamped to APC but the deputy governor has denied it.
The PUNCH reports that the Director of Press of the deputy governor, Aminu Abubakar, who spoke with our correspondent on the telephone said his boss has dismissed rumours of his resignation from the party.
Abubakar confirmed that the deputy governor remains a bonafide member of the PDP in the state as well as a senatorial candidate of the party in the forthcoming general elections.
He calls on his supporters especially members of the PDP in the state to disregard the letter in circulation which he described as the imagination of his opponents.
