APC treasurer, 4,000 others defect to PDP in Katsina

TREASURER of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Katsina State, Nasiru Usman, has defected to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, with an estimated 4,000 others. According to a report, the defectors presented themselves to the Kankia Local Government chapter of their new political party, last Saturday.

Speaking on behalf of other defectors, Usman said they decided to jump ship because the APC neglected them. “It is a fact that I led many others in the struggle that ensured victory for the APC in the 2015 general election.

I campaigned vigorously against the then PDP candidate, Musa Nashuni, who is from my own local government – Kankia – and ensured that he lost even his village to Aminu Masari of the APC. “However, after the polls and the subsequent assumption of Masari as Governor, majority of us were neglected by the APC.

In my own case, some party stalwarts in Kankia went to the state headquarters and ensured that I was suspended from its fold for reasons best known to them. “I have been on suspension for 14 months, with the state office refusing to recall me as directed by the North-West Zonal Chapter of the party, following my successful petition against the illegal action.” Usman said his defection to the PDP was not to contest for any position.