A former Minister of State for Foreign Affairs,
Alhaji Jibrin Maigari; two former National
Assembly members; and a state legislator
have defected from the Peoples Democratic
Party to the All Progressives Congress in
Yobe State, according to a report by The
Punch.
While addressing a press conference on
Wednesday in Damaturu, Yobe State
Secretary of the APC, Alhaji Abubakar Bakabe
said the PDP chieftains with thousands of
their supporters would be officially received
into the party tomorrow.
Abubakar described the defection of the PDP
chieftains as “a turning point in the political
history of the state.”
He said, “arrangement has been completed
for the reception of the former minister of
state foreign affairs, Alhaji Jibrin Maigari,
former PDP Board of Trustees member Alhaji
Mohammed Shettima Saleh, former members
of House of Representatives Alhaji Suleman
Ishaku and Alhaji Mohammed Kori and,
erstwhile member of the State Assembly,
Nasiru Hassan Yusuf.”
