By Johnbosco Agbakwuru
ABUJA – PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday
night received the national deputy chairman of the Peoples Democratic
Party, PDP, Senator Babayo Gamawa and a member of the party’s Board of
Trustees, Kaulaha Aliyu, who defected to the ruling All Progressives
Congress, APC.
Recall that the PDP has recently slammed Senator Gamawa with suspension order for alleged anti party activities.
The
defection of the PDP bigwigs from Bauchi State which is the home state
of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, came
barely 24 hours after the president received some members of the Peoples
Democratic Party’s Support Groups from the North East, who defected to
the ruling APC.
President Buhari and his guests held a strategic meeting that lasted over 30 minutes behind closed doors.
Speaking
to State House correspondents after the meeting with the president at
the State Abuja, the Bauchi State governor, Mohammed Abubakar who led
the PDP defected members expressed delight over the new political
development, saying the defectors were in the presidential villa to pay
political homage and pledge their support to the president.
Abubakar, said he was happy over the decision of Gamawa and Kaulaha Aliyu to decamp to the APC.
He said, “You can see I’m very delighted because with these gentlemen I can go to sleep with my two eyes closed, so to speak.’’
Also
speaking, the former PDP deputy chairman, Senator Gamawa said that his
decision to defect to the ruling APC had nothing to do with his
suspension from the PDP but his love for the country.
He, however, stated that the PDP would regret its action for suspending him from office.
He
said, As a Nigerian, I want what is good for the country; I want good
image for my country and I want to see development and progress of the
country.
“And I have been saying it, as a politician, I play my
politics not blindly. Whenever thing goes right or wrong I will say it
the way it is. As journalists, you are aware of what PDP did today –
just because of an allegation they said they have suspended me.
“I
want to call on them to check their secretariat. If they are in
politics, they should know what is happening on daily basis at the
secretariat – what comes in and what goes out. They should check their
mails and they will know the position of Sen. Babayo Gamawa before their
action of today.
“I have no regret for defecting from the PDP and they (PDP) would regret their action, by God grace.”
He, therefore, described his suspension from the PDP as undemocratic and unconstitutional.
In
his contribution, Kaulaha Aliyu, said he joined the APC to ensure
electoral victory for President Buhari in the forthcoming general
elections.
He said, “It is a matter of principles I believe among
all the candidates no body can come near the integrity and honesty of
President Buhari and with what he has done to the North East in
particular.
“I feel I should support him and do the best I can for him emerge victorious cone February 2019.”
Source:- Vanguardngr
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