The Deputy Governor of Zamfara State, Alhaji Mahdi Aliyu has declared that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will seek redress in court over the desertion of the party by its elected public officers in the State.
Aliyu told the BBC Hausa service on Wednesday that he remembered how the Supreme Court brought them to power, stressing that he remain grateful to God, thus resolved to remain in the PDP to honour the mandate given to the party by the good people of the State through the Supreme Court.
The Deputy Governor said that the Supreme Court specifically awarded electoral victory in 2019 to the PDP and not to its candidates, saying that it was in this wise that he is opposed to moving to the APC.
Governor Bello Matawalle and legislators from the State defected to the ruling APC, ending months of speculation and denial while his deputy- Aliyu and a member of the House of Representatives refused defecting to the APC with him.
Governor Matawalle formerly announced his defection on Tuesday evening at the Trade Fair Complex, Gusau at an event that was attended by APC governors, ministers and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha.
Speaking further on the development, the Deputy Governor said he was not consulted over the defection plan but merely heard of it as a rumour until Tuesday evening when his principal officially announced his defection to the APC.
Aliyu said; “Since my father brought the party, we never for once left the party. They met us in the PDP and they will leave us here.
“I will continue to serve as the deputy governor for the four years constitutional mandate given to me”.
Asked if he is not worried over possible impeachment, Aliyu said it is not a new thing in Nigeria politics for a governor and his deputy to belong to different political parties and complete their constitutional mandate together.
In his words; “I hope this too shall come to pass in Zamfara. I have a good working relationship with the governor. He sends me on important assignments, including PDP governors meetings”.
