At least 700,000 members of the New Nigeria People Party (NNPP) in Bauchi State have defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
This was disclosed at a press conference in Bauchi by the zonal secretary of NNPP Dr. Babayo Liman.
According to Liman, also over 2.8 million NNPP members in the North East geo-political zone have dumped the party for PDP.
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He explained that the 2.8 million members represented the 3.5 million members he registered into the party in the last eight years of his stewardship as the zonal scribe of the party.
He said:
“I’m resigning my appointment as the Northeast zonal secretary of the NNPP, as a member of the presidential campaign council, as a member of the NNPP, and as a coordinator of the Kwankwasiyya in Bauchi State and in the Northeast geo-political zone of the country.”
Liman stated he formally resigned on January 14, 2023, but publicly announced his resignation and defection to PDP on Tuesday.
He further told the NNPP presidential candidate Senator Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso to support the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.
“I also want to use this opportunity to advise His Excellency, Senator Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso to join Atiku Abubakar of the PDP for the betterment of all Nigerians.”
Advising the remaining members in the zone to dump the party for PDP, Liman described Atiku as the only political leader that can salvage the country from its socioeconomic, political, and insecurity problems.
Other zonal executives of the NNPP who dumped the party for PDP were the zonal women leader –Hajiya Halima Tafawa Balewa; zonal publicity secretary – Ibrahim Abdu; member of the presidential campaign council – Tijjani Hassan and others.
