ABUJA – AHEAD of 2027 general elections, there was a major depletion in the family of the Social Democratic Party, SDP yesterday as the 2023 Vice Presidential candidate of the SDP, Engr. Yusuf Buhari and the party’s Kano State governorship candidate, Bala Mohammed Gwagwarawa have dùmped the party for the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.

Also yesterday, as part of political realignment, members of the Kano State Working Committee of SDP, 38 local government chairmen and Secretaries, 13 Houses of Assembly candidates and 6 House of Representatives candidates dumped the SDP for the APC.

This development is coming some weeks after the former Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufia left the APC for SDP, all permutations for 2027.

The defection of the SDP’s chieftains yesterday at REIZ Continental Hotel, Abuja was facilitated by the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau Jibrin, APC, Kano North.

Addressing those who moved to APC, the Deputy President of the Senate who noted that the defection of the heavyweights of the SDP was a clear indication that the mission to use the party to tackle the APC in 2027 was dead on arrival, said, “Let me start by saying those who have been moving around, going around the country, trying to woo people to SDP, and thinking that their effort will give birth to a platform that will challenge the APC in the next election, the idea is confirmed to be dead on arrival. Dead on arrival.

“Why do I say that? People have rejected that invitation. People have said no, we are not coming to your party. The former governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido and others, who have been mentioned have said no.

“And to add salt into an injury, those who are in the party (SDP) are now moving to our party, APC. The party is going to be empty. Today, the Vice Presidential Candidate, the Governorship Candidate in Kano State and other heavyweights in the SDP have joined APC.

” If we had postponed the meeting to tomorrow, we would have gotten almost all the candidates who stood under the banner of the party in various states being part of this. But we are going to do that in another day in the future.”

Jibrin who assured them that they they would be treated equally and fairly in the APC, said, ” everybody is the same. So do not feel that you are coming in today and so you are not as important as those who have been in the party for long. No, you are all the same.”

The Deputy President of the Senate who hailed the decampees for recognizing the progresses that are being recorded under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, said, “Of course, as you said, when he came on board, he met a situation that was not palatable, but he brought in some reforms that are now being implemented and they are now working. It’s a good situation.




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