April 17, (THEWILL) – The immediate-past governor of Zamfara State, Alhaji Abdul-Aziz Yari and Senator Kabiru Garba Mafara, have dumped the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) .
Addressing newsmen in Gusau, the state capital on Sunday, the state chairman of PDP, Col. Bala Mande (rtd), said the opposition party has received Yari, Marafa and other top APC members, who have joined the party together with their supporters.
“Gentlemen of the press, we have called you to brief you on the joining of our great party, the PDP by the former Governor, His Excellency, Alhaji Abdul Aziz Yari, Senator Kabiru Garba Mafara and their supporters.
“They have joined us, we have reached an agreement and we are going to implement the agreement.
“We have agreed to be together in one party, the PDP and work together for the success of the party.
“We have also agreed to work extra hard in order to reclaim Zamfara state in 2023 and save its people from the present predicament. I have given the stakeholders a complete update of where we are as a result of this development”, Mande said.
He explained that members of PDP have also agreed to work extra hard in order to reclaim Zamfara State in 2023 and save its people from the present predicament.
He said the PDP would soon formally receive Yari, Marafa and other top members of the APC, who joined the party together with their supporters, at a colourful ceremony in Gusau.
Yari was among the APC National Chairmanship contestants, who stepped down for Sen. Abdullahi Adamu during the just concluded national convention of the party.
