A huge score for the PDP as Alhaji Mahmoud Maijama’a, an APC governorship aspirant in Bauchi state, defected to the party alongside his supporters.
Maijama’a was officially welcomed into the PDP when Governor Bala Mohammed hosted him at the Government House in Bauchi.
The former APC chieftain promised to work for the success of his new party, the PDP, in the forthcoming 2023 general election.
Bauchi state - Alhaji Mahmoud Maijama’a, an All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant in Bauchi state, has defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of the 2023 general election.
Maijama’a defected to the PDP with his teeming supporters, according to the statement released by Lawal Muazu Bauchi, a New Media aide to the Bauchi state governor, Bala Mohammed.
NATIONAL PANEL gathered that the former APC guber aspirant was received into the PDP by Governor Mohammed at the Government House in Bauchi.
He added that the party is thoughtful, magnanimous and tolerant. Lawal Muazu Bauchi
The Bauchi state governor also said his administration had provided the people with exemplary and purposeful leadership and dividends of democracy.
He said he has introduced policies aimed at improving the living standard in the northern state.
Governor Mohammed also called on the defectors to support his administration’s commitment towards supporting youth and women across the state.
He said he is committed to providing and supporting the businesses of the youth and women for the socio-economic development of Bauchi state.
In his remarks, Maijama’a promised to work for the party's success in the forthcoming 2023 general election.
He also pledged his loyalty to the current PDP leadership in the state, adding that all his supporters will be law-abiding party members.
In a related development, the APC was recently hit with a mass defection as over 400 members of the Oyo state chapter switched to the camp of its archrival, the PDP.
Comrade Raji Akeem Kolawole, who led the defectors, revealed that they would pledge their utmost allegiance to Atiku Abubakar, the PDP presidential candidate.
The defectors were received on Tuesday, November 22, by Olubukola Olayinka, the Atiku/Okowa Support Movement leader in Oyo state.
Osun LP guber Candidate joins PDP
Also, the Osun State gubernatorial candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Yusuf Lasun, defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the latter’s presidential rally in Osogbo on Wednesday.
Lasun, a former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, was officially welcomed to the PDP by the party’s national chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, and other party chieftains.
The former lawmaker who was previously a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) had dumped the party in March ahead of the Osun governorship election that was held in July.
His exit from the APC came after he lost the party’s governorship ticket to the then-incumbent governor of Osun, Gboyega Oyetola, at a primary election in February.
Lasun subsequently joined Labour Party and contested in the July 16, 2022 governorship election but lost to PDP’s Ademola Adeleke.
