Jubilation As Saraki Receives 3,000 Defecting APC Members To PDP
An additional 3,000 members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State were welcomed by Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, as the latest defectors to dump the ruling party for the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the weekend.
According to Leadership, Dr Saraki received the defectors in Ilorin, Kwara State, just as their defection was celebrated by the state’s chapter of the party.
Reports have it that close to four thousand members of the ruling APC have joined the PDP since the Senate President defected from the ruling party to the opposition party few months ago.
Saraki was said to have enjoined Kwarans not to fall for the alleged gimmicks of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led APC government, saying the presidential standard bearer of the PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, would bring good tidings to the people of the state if voted into power in 2019.
“There is no Kwaran in the APC who has sufficient clout to influence issues for Kwara at the federal level,” the Senate President was quoted to have said.