APC Crisis Worsens As Zamfara Gov Receives 12,562 Defectors

More than 12, 562 members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara State, including former commissioners and local council officials, yesterday, defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The defectors were formally received into the PDP by Governor Bello Matawalle in Gusau, the state capital.
Among the APC defectors were three former commissioners, Alhaji Idris Keta, Alhaji Abdulkadir Ahmed and Alhaji Aliyu Tsafe along with their loyalists and supporters.
Others were two former local government council chairmen, Alhaji Musa Tsafe and Alhaji Ahmed Kantoma, as well as two former directors-general, Alhaji Bashir Kwaren Ganuwa and Alhaji Saminu Lawali.
All the defectors are from Tsafe Local Government Area of the state.
In their separate speeches, Alhaji Idris Keta and Alhaji Habibu Alo said they were drawn to the PDP because of the peace being enjoyed by their communities under the present leadership of Governor Matawalle.