The People’s Democratic Party, (PDP,) Bauchi State chapter has received no fewer than 20,350 decampees from All Progressive Congress APC across the 20 local government areas of the state, ahead of the 2023 general elections.
The Special Assistant political duties to Governor Bala Mohammmed, Alhaji Musajo Buba, stated this while receiving the decampees on Saturday in Bauchi.
Buba described the defection of party faithful including key stakeholders from APC in the State as an indication of PDP’s predominance.
He explained that the decampees have appreciated the good work and dividends of democracy provided in the state by the PDP administration to persuade them to join the party.
The Special Assistant assured both the new and returning members of a sense of belonging in the party, and charged PDP supporters and stakeholders to embrace and integrate the decampees back to the fold.
Speaking on behalf of decampees, a Stakeholder of All Progressives Congress Mr Bala Mato Zungur said they have left APC because the party has failed them.
“All alone we are in APC unfortunately the party has disappointed us with nothing to show but suffering and lack of internal democracy.
“We come to PDP because we appreciated what the governor is doing in terms of infrastructure, roads , hospitals, education empowerment among others.
“The decampees you see in this place have worked and supported APC for over 8 years ,but the party seems to be going astray without bearing , we have finally returned to PDP to move the state forward,” he said.
He explained that in each of the 20 local government areas we have nothing less than 1000 APC members that return to PDP.
Zungur appealed to the governor and the leadership of PDP to protect the interest of all decampees in all the 20 local government areas.