The former All Progressive Congress, APC Governorship Candidate of the Sokoto State, Faruk Malami Yabo, has officially decamped to the People’s Democratic Party, PDP.
NATIONAL PANEL learnt that Yabo was an immediate past Nigerian Ambassador to Jordan and Iran.
He was the Sokoto APC governorship candidate in the 2019 election.
He made his defection at the campaign rally of the PDP in the Yabo local government area.
Yabo expressed pleasure with the level of support the party is receiving across Sokoto state.
“I return to the PDP, the party of integrity, and trust,” Yabo said.
He encouraged all his supporters to join the success train and use their voter cards to elect PDP candidates at all levels.
Addressing the campaign gathering, Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, said they were in Yabo for a thank-you visit. He said “Today remains a historic and the most successful day of democracy in Sokoto State.
“The formal declaration and return of my brother to PDP were long awaited and is a great development that signifies more success is underway,” said Tambuwal “this also shows more acceptance of the party and that it will emerge victorious in the state and Nigeria,“.
Tambuwal commended Yabo local government people for their sustained support of the party.
Governor Tambuwal also urged the party supporters to give Malam Ubandoma and Atiku Abubakar the mandate to change the fortune of democracy.
Also in his remarks, the PDP Chairman in the state, Bello Muhammad Goronyo, thanked the crowd in Yabo for their well-deserved support of the party.
He urged the party supporters to collect their Permanent voter's card to elect Malam Sa’idu Ubandoma as governor of the state.
“If Ubandoma is given the mandate in the forthcoming election he would continue to consolidate on Tambuwal’s achievement,” Goronyo said.
The PDP Gubernatorial Candidate, Malam Sai’du Umar said Governor Tambuwal has executed developmental projects that had direct impacts on the people.
He pledged that if elected he would maintain the legacies of Tambuwal and his dynamic leadership in the state.
Umar thanked the people of Yabo's local government and assured them that he would run a people-oriented administration for the overall progress of the state. -VON.
