Magoro set to dump PDP The senator representing Kebbi South Senatorial District Muhammadu Magoro is set to dump the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC), close sources told Daily Trust yesterday. “A committee will be set up to discuss with General Muhammadu Buhari and APC national leadership ahead of his defection to the party this week,” another source close to Magoro said. Magoro is a member of the PDP Board of Trustees (BoT) and one of the 11 aggrieved governorship aspirants. He was absent at last week’s reconciliation meeting with Vice President Namadi Sambo in Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State. Magoro is said to have succumbed to pressure from his supporters and a strong delegation led by former governor of the state, Senator Adamu Aliero, which has also visited him at his Kaduna residence to convince him to join the APC. Efforts to contact Magoro proved abortive as he did not respond to calls and text messages sent to his phone. Running mate to Kebbi APC governorship candidate, Samaila Yombe, APC Senatorial candidate, Bala Ibn Na’Allah and former House of Representatives aspirant, Sadeeq Sule-Iko Sami, hailed the development. The State Publicity Secretary of the APC, Sani Dododo, when contacted on phone said: “Anybody who wants to join us in APC is welcome.” State PDP Acting Chairman, Alhaji Bello Doya and the Secretary Ibrahim Arzika Bui could not be reached for comments as calls and text messages sent to their numbers were not responded to.
Posted on: Tue, 06 Jan 2015 02:26:37 +0000
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