Over 25,000 members of the Kwankwasiyya movement of the Peoples
Democratic Party from Kano South have dumped the party for the All
Progressives Congress.
While receiving the new members, Governor
Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, used the occasion to present flags to all
candidates contesting for seats in the House of Representatives and
State Assembly in the 2019 general elections.
According to the
defectors, they were in Rano Local Government Area to witness the formal
presentation of flags to Senator Kabiru Gaya and other candidates from
Kano South by Governor Ganduje, during the final grand rally for all
candidates from the zone.
It should be noted that Kano State, being
the most populous state in the federation has 24 candidates for the
House of Representatives and 40 gunning for the State House of Assembly
seats.
At the Kano Central zone, the former two-term governor of
the state and the former Minister of Education, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau,
the Sardauna of Kano, was presented with a decorated flag.
Similarly,
all other contestants from the zone for the 2019 general elections,
were decorated with party flags, at another event, held at Kano Pillars
Stadium, Sabon Gari, in the metropolis.
A one-time governor of
the State, Senator Kabiru Ibrahim Gaya, who is currently representing
Kano South, was also presented, with a decorated flag at Rano LG.
Prior
to the zonal campaign rallies, Ganduje and the party stakeholders from
the entire 44 Government areas of the State held a crucial meeting to
map out strategies for the 2019 general elections, at Coronation Hall,
Government House, Kano.
At the meeting, Ganduje made it
abundantly clear that the impressive achievements of the APC, at both
federal and state levels, were enough credentials for the party to
emerge victorious in the 2019 elections.
He said that, “President
Muhammadu Buhari’s unrelenting efforts in developing our dear country
from all fronts, particularly in the areas he (Buhari) identified as his
priorities, security, economy and employment, are platforms to give us
more courage for 2019.”
At the three senatorial zones, Ganduje
urged party supporters, to ensure that President Muhammadu Buhari
secured the over five million votes he promised him in the forthcoming
2019 presidential polls.
“Nigeria has no any other serious
candidate than President Muhammadu Buhari. We believe in his honesty,
integrity, accountability and transparency attributes. That is why his
good work as our President goes across the nation. Without considering
any ethnic, religious or sectional lines, he is a true patriotic
democrat and a sincere Nigerian” Ganduje said.
Governor Ganduje
promised the decamping PDP/Kwankwasiyya defectors equal treatment in the
party. He assured them that they have come to where they and their
children would benefit from the abundant dividends of democracy.
Source:- Punchng
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