With just a few days before the presidential election, the camp of All Progressives Congress (APC), in Sokoto State, swell up with another defection of the Executives of Social Democratic Party ( SDP), at the State and Local Governments levels, together with no fewer than 25,000 members. Addressing a News Conference in Sokoto, the former acting State Chairman of the SDP, Alhaji Malami Alhaji Kyahe and the former Chairman of the Forum of Local Governments Chairmen of the party, Alhaji Ibrahim Mohammed, said that, they defected to the APC without any strings attached. They said, ” We ditched our former party because of its lack of justice, equity, direction and commitment to Nigeria’s even socioeconomic development. ” Even now as a Senator, he is living above board and he considers the entire state as his single constituency. In her remarks, the former Woman Leader of the SDP, Hajiya Rabi’atu Alhaji Yaro said that women in the state are totally behind APC and all its candidates, at all levels.

Source: Nigerian Tribune February 09, 2019 10:30 UTC