Group accuses Wamako of being behind mass Sokoto PDP members’ defection to APC

The Arewa Paradigm Shift has accused a former Sokoto State Governor, Senato Aliyu Wamako of being behind recent mass defection of PDP members in the state, to the APC.

The group said in a statement made available to TheNewsGuru on Tuesday that the action was part of strategies by Senator Aliyu Wamakko and other stakeholders to reposition the party ahead of the 2023 general elections in the state.

The statement which was signed by the group’s Director of Mobilization, Alhaji Adamu Musa- Illela, said the leadership of the APC had met on several occasions in the state on how to boost the fortunes of the party before next year’s polls.

“The first move towards the repositioning agenda spearheaded by Senator Wamako was seen when Alhaji Ibrahim Gidado, Special Adviser to Governor Aminu Tambuwal, dumped the ruling PDP for the APC and declared allegiance to the APC,” the statement stressed.

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It addrd that Gidado, a former member of the state House of Assembly representing Sokoto South State Constituency 1, along with his supporters defected from the PDP for lack of focus and distrust from its leaders.

“Apart from the former lawmaker who defected along with his teeming supporters, the Chairman of the Tangaza Local Government Area of the state, Alhaji Salihu Kalanjine, along with his eight councillors, also defected to the APC in the state.

“Kalanjine, is a close associate of incumbent Governor Aminu Tambuwal, left with his loyalists and supporters, and more bigwigs of the ruling PDP are set to dump the party soon, as the Wamako and party executives improvise on existing mobilization strategies.

“It’s a new dawn in the history of Sokoto State. Opposition politics is already here as Governor Tambuwal’s Commissioner for Careers and Security Matters, Col.Garba Moyi Isa (retd), has defected from the ruling PDP to the APC, citing instances of lack of focus and trust-related issues to governance in the State.”