The visit of the Vice President Arc Mohammed Namadi Sambo, was a blessing to the PDP in Kano State as it saw the decamping of some opposition stalwarts and their followers to the PDP, an official statement said.
The visit saw the decamping to the PDP fold of Hon. Bashir Husari a serving member of the House of Representatives, representing, Gwale Local Government Constituency at the National Assembly and also the immediate past APC Women Leader in Kano State, Hajiya Maryam Umar Kofar Mata, who is also the Special Assistant to the Kano State Governor on Empowerment Programme. The duo decamped alongside several of their followers.
Arc Sambo during the Kano visit met with several stakeholders, where he enjoined them to reach out to the people and inform them of the achievements of the President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan led administration and the laudable programmes of the PDP. The fallout of this stakeholders meetings was the defection of the two opposition stalwarts.
The Vice President while receiving the decampees, warmly welcomed them to the shade provided by the Umbrella, stressing that the PDP umbrella was large enough to accommodate anyone interested in joining the party.
He urged them to feel at home and work assiduously for the victory of the party in the forthcoming elections, so that the party and the administration would continue to move the country forward.
Vice President Sambo, who described the PDP as “the party of Nigeria with the most people oriented programmes that has been transforming the socio-economic wellbeing of Nigerians in the right direction, also added that “PDP is Nigeria, and Nigeria is PDP. If you go to every corner and the remotest part of Nigeria, PDP has a system in place.
In their response they said they defected from the APC because the PDP and the administration of President Jonathan and Vice President Sambo, have been delivering more and better dividends of democracy to Nigerians through their Transformation Agenda. They pledged to work tirelessly to move the party and the country to greater heights.
