APC remains the dominant party in Sokoto –Senator WamakkoAdeniyi Olugbemi, SokotoThe Deputy Governor of Sokoto State, Ahmed Aliyu, has vowed to remain in the ruling All Progressives Congress on whose platform he and Governor Aminu Tambuwal were elected into office. Senator Ibrahim Gobir, seven House of Representatives members, 12 other members of the state House of Assembly and hundreds of thousands of people of the state have vowed to remain in APC. Tambuwal had dumped the APC for the opposition Peoples Democratic Party on Wednesday, in the gale of defections that has hit the ruling party. SEE ALSO: Kaduna Court fixes October 4 to rule on Zakzaky’s bailBut the Chairman of the Northern Senators Forum and immediate past governor of Sokoto State, Senator Aliyu ‎Wamakko, has dismissed the defection of Governor Aminu Tambuwal to PDP, reiterating that Sokoto state remains an APC state. Sokoto remains an APC state.”Continuing, he said, “But, I pity my younger brother, Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal.

Source: Punch August 02, 2018 12:00 UTC