{"id":52540,"date":"2021-06-29T20:55:50","date_gmt":"2021-06-29T19:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=52540"},"modified":"2021-06-29T20:55:50","modified_gmt":"2021-06-29T19:55:50","slug":"breaking-zamfara-governor-matawalle-officially-dumps-pdp-for-apc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/06\/29\/breaking-zamfara-governor-matawalle-officially-dumps-pdp-for-apc\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Zamfara governor, Matawalle officially dumps PDP for APC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Governor of Zamfara state, Bello Matawalle has officially dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and joined the All Progressives Congress (APC).<\/p>\n<p>WITHIN NIGERIA assembled that Matawalle was presented with the\u00a0APC flag by Mai Mala Buni, governor of Yobe and chairman of the APC caretaker committee, on Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n<p>Present at the event included Nasir el-Rufai, Yahaya Bello, and Simon Lalong, governors of Kaduna, Kogi and Plateau, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Matawalle, who expressed delight on being received into the party, called for cooperation among stakeholders to develop the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs from today, I, Bello Matawallen Maradun, governor of Zamfara, am happy to announce my defection from the PDP to the APC. As from today, I am a full APC member and leader of APC in Zamfara,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am calling on all APC stakeholders in the state to join hands with me to build the party and move the state forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the rally, Buni declared the Zamfara governor as the new leader of the party in the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am happy to announce that APC has received Matawalle, three senators, six\u00a0 house of reps members and 24 members of the state house of assembly who defected from the PDP to the APC,\u201d the Yobe governor said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we all know, according to the party\u2019s constitution, President Muhammadu Buhari is our leader at the national level and in each state, the sitting governor from the party is the APC leader in that state. Therefore, Matawalle is the new leader of the party in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/06\/08\/zamfara-governor-reinstates-3-commissioners-board-chairmen\/\">Zamfara<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith this development, all the party executives at the state, local governments and ward level are hereby dissolved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Mahdi Aliyu, Zamfara deputy governor, was absent at the defection rally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor of Zamfara state, Bello Matawalle has officially dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and joined the All Progressives Congress (APC). WITHIN NIGERIA assembled that Matawalle was presented with the\u00a0APC flag by Mai Mala Buni, governor of Yobe and chairman of the APC caretaker committee, on Tuesday evening. 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