Opposition has collapsed in Jigawa, Gov Namadi declares
Similarly, Safiyanu Arab, who led more than 500 PDP members from Maigatari Local Government Area into the APC, said the Governor’s inclusive style of leadership and commitment to youth development informed their decision.
Governor Umar Namadi has declared that the opposition in Jigawa State has effectively collapsed following a wave of defections by prominent political leaders and thousands of their supporters from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and other opposition parties into the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The governor made the declaration on Wednesday at the Government House, Dutse, while receiving defectors from different parts of the state, including the entire state leadership structure of the NNPP led by Shehu Garu, over 500 PDP members from Maigatari Local Government Area led by Safiyanu Arab, and 1,212 PDP members from Kaugama Local Government Area who were led by the Commissioner for Lands and Survey, Ahmed Mohammed Kaugama.
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