SAN FRANCISCO, November 05, (THEWILL) – Indications emerged on Monday that the Kawu Baraje-led New Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP) may have been sweeping through Gombe State, effectively dislodging the Alhaji Bamanga Tukur-led faction of the PDP as the party of choice in the state.
This is as Gombe people came out in their thousands, conveyed by over 600 vehicles, and assembled at the Gombe Airport to welcome the New PDP Leader in the state, Senator Danjuma Goje, the immediate past Governor of Gombe, who is visiting the state after a very long time.
Goje, a staunch member of the New PDP, is fondly remembered for his revolutionary regime which yielded remarkable feats in the areas of road construction, health, education, rural development and provision of potable water, which made him the toast of the masses of the State.
The development, it was gathered , is already causing panic in Tukur’s faction of the PDP, which recently allegedly engineered the arrest of the populist Barrister Mohammed Magaji Doho, a former Commissioner of Water Resources during the administration of Senator Mohammed Goje and presently the State Chairman of New PDP, along with 68 of New PDP.
A statement by the National Publicity Secretary of the New PDP, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze , said : “This persecution notwithstanding, the masses of Gombe have chosen to pitch their tent with the ever-growing New PDP family.
“New PDP, which is currently the beautiful bride of Nigerian politics, presently boasts Seven Governors, with five more about to join the group. The party also parades a large number of lawmakers both at the National Assembly and at the state level. “
