June 27, (THEWILL) – Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle, is said to have crossed-carpet from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on whose platform he won the 2019 election to the All Progressive Congress (APC).
Personal Assistant to the President on Digital and New Media, Bashir Ahmed, disclosed this on his verified Facebook page on Sunday morning.
The presidential aide wrote ‘’So Zamfara is back home! Welcome, Matawalle.’’
THEWILL reports that the Governor is expected to officially announce his defection on Tuesday.
It was gathered that APC national, state officers and other ruling party bigwigs have concluded arrangements to receive him in Gusau, the Zamfara State capital.
When his defection is made official, Matawalle would join Governor David Umahi and Governor Ben Ayade who had recently dumped the main opposition party for the ruling APC.
National spokesman of PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan, told newsmen that the headquarters of the party was not aware of Matawalle’s plans to defect as he had not officially notified them.
Ologbondiyan said: “He has not written to us. In a normal setting, if you are a member of our party and you want to leave, you should write. The Governor of Zamfara State has not officially written to notify us that he will leave the party.
“On account of that, we cannot say we are aware of his plans.”
Sixt governors of the PDP had in April visited Matawalle to dissuade him from joining the ruling party.
The governors were Seyi Makinde of Oyo, Nyesom Wike of Rivers, Bala Mohammed of Bauchi, Darius Ishaku of Taraba, Umar Fintiri of Adamawa, and Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto.
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