Alhaji Jibrin Danbarde, a Gombe State Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), announced his defection to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday (PDP).
Dandarde told journalists at the PDP Secretariat in Gombe that he had not renewed his APC membership.
“I eventually took the membership of the PDP on Feb. 2, 2021.’’
Dandarde, who cited poor governance as his reason for leaving the state’s ruling party, accused the APC-led administration of dividing the state’s people.
“From Tangale-Waja to Dukku to Yamaltu-Deba, we are all one people, no division. Leadership is a sacred trust that has been entrusted by our forefathers on us and it must be protected.”
Danbarde also charged the state government with failing to invest in the state’s youth and women by empowering them.
The state’s PDP chairman, retired Maj-Gen Abnor Kwaskebe, said the party was working “relentlessly” to remedy its faults ahead of the 2023 elections.
Apart from Danbarde, Kwaskebe predicted that many more APC members will join the party in the coming days.
According to him, the PDP in the state has a strong structure, and he expressed confidence that the party will do well in 2023.
According to the Nigerian News Agency (NAN), Danbarde finished second in the 2018 APC primary election in Gombe state to Governor Inuwa Yahaya.
(NAN)
