Khamisu Mailantarki, the governorship candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Occasion, NNPP, in Gombe State, has defected to the Peoples Democratic Occasion, PDP, alongside hundreds of his supporters.
Mr Mailantarki acknowledged this at a political gathering organised to welcome the decampees into the PDP, on Saturday in Gombe.
He expressed confidence within the get together below Ibrahim Dankwambo, including that his high quality management was a driving issue behind his return to the PDP.
“We initially started our political journey with the PDP, later turning into founding members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and alongside the way in which, we selected to affix the NNPP.
“Nevertheless, we are actually again dwelling within the PDP, reassured by the management of Dankwambo,” he stated.
He additionally lambasted the APC administration within the state, stressing that it was not for the poor, and expressed concern over the therapy of the economically deprived class.
He claimed that the APC authorities had seized land and carried out necessary biometric attendance for public staff.
“This requirement has unfairly impacted those that wrestle to succeed in the workplace day by day as a result of harsh financial circumstances, particularly as some states have lowered workdays to only three per week,” he stated.
The PDP chairman within the state, Abner Kwaskebe, who formally introduced the get together’s membership card to Mr Mailantarki, reaffirmed sturdy PDP roots within the state.
“In 2027, we are going to do every little thing humanly doable to regain management in Gombe State,” he stated.
He assured that the get together would embrace each previous and returning members equally to foster unity.
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