By Tina George, Minna
Former Ambassador to South Africa, Alhaji Musa Ibeto has defected back to the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Ibeto had resigned his ambassadorial position and defected from the APC to contest for the governorship candidate of the PDP in 2018 which he lost to Honnorable Umar Nasko during the primaries.
Ibeto led other governorship aspirants of the PDP to the APC during the flag off of the APC governorship campaigns held at the Trade fair complex in Minna.
The defectors include Alhaji Mohammed Baka, Alhaji Hannafi Sudan and Alhaji Dogo Koli, all were aspirants in the PDP governorship primaries.
Speaking on behalf of other defectors, Ibeto said that they are back home after sojourning to the land of the unknown.
“We will work to ensure the overwhelming success of APC in February and March elections. Just as we did in the past, we will repeat the success. Niger state will be captured by APC. “
In his address, Vice President Yemi Osinbanjo urged Nigerians not to take the 2019 elections with levity stressing on the need for the people to vote APC enmasse.
He said that the PDP has nothing to offer Nigerians saying, “Nigerians should tell PDP to go away, PDP go away, Niger state is APC and Nigeria is APC. It will be APC all the way. “
He stated that the President Buhari’s administration is committed to Niger state assuring that all major projects would be completed when the President is voted back in February 2019.
The Director General of President Buhari Campaign Organisation, Honorable Rotimi Amechi who also spoke said the 2019 election is a election between the rich and the poor.
“PDP is the party for the rich. PDP is rich because they stole our money but we are poor. PDP wants to come back to power because they are hungry and want another chance to steal more money as the money they stole is finished.”
Amaechi declared that the government has delivered on the promises they made in 2015 saying if reelected, they will do more.
Niger state Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello on his address after receiving his flag from the Deputy National Chairman said he will continue on the projects he have stated and make sure he completes them in his second term.
