Defection: PDP Gain Mileage Ahead Of APC In Sokoto

BY VICTOR BUORO, ABUJA – With barely three days to the rescheduled Presidential and National Assembly elections, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), made a big catch as Northwest Zonal Vice President of the Nigerian Union of Pensioners, Alhaji Sani Muhammad Gobirawa, who is a top notch of the Buhari Support Organisation (BSO) “Buhari Sak” in Sokoto state abandoned the All Progressives Congress (APC), for the PDP.

Gobirawa, who was immediately appointed as the Vice Chairman of the Aminu Waziri Tambuwal (AMATA) Support Group, assured that his group is determined to ensure the success of the PDP and the reelection of Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal.

He explained that his defection along with other members of the Buhari Support Organisation (BSO), to defect to the PDP remains personal and voluntary based on their conviction that PDP is the most fulfilling political platform that symbolises democracy for Nigeria to work again.

He declares; “Our decision to join PDP is purely based on our firm conviction of the ability and capability of Governor Aminu’s reality and myth. As such, we don’t need the approval or inclination of any anyone to actualize our political aspirations.

“I have to put it straight to the people of the state and to shame doubting Thomases that as a Nigerian and an adult with my senses, I can decide on which party to join without associating my actions to any family. This clarification has become necessary for Sokoto people to discountenance insinuations from some quarters associated with family issue.”

Gobirawa, who holds the traditional title of Wakilin Gwiwa and Walin Dabagin Ardo further said that when he joined the BSO, he did not seek the permission nor associated his membership to any family.

He therefore appealed to members of the public to focus on issues and not personality, stressing that the issue of choice in a democratic setting is fundamental and must be respected.