National Chairman of All Progressive Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie- Oyegun, has declared the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Katsina State as “dead and buried”.
Odigie-Oyegun made the declaration on Saturday in Katsina, during a grand reception organized by the state APC chapter to receive prominent politicians who defected from the PDP.
He said since hundreds of thousands of PDP members have defected to APC, the party is completely dead and buried.
“Prominent politicians like Senator Idah, Barrister Ya’u Gwajo-Gwajo, a two time speaker of Katsina State House of Assembly, and Mr. Nura Khalih also a two-time governorship candidate of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) have all defected to APC today.
“Now that prominent people and their followers have joined the APC, then we have the right to declare PDP, APGA, and PDM as dead and buried in the state,” he said.
Odigie-Oyegun called on residents of the State to give maximum support to President Muhammadu Buhari, to enable him continue in his leadership of the country.
“When the APC administration took over the mantle of leadership in 2015, the nation’s electricity supply was only 3000 megawatts.
“Today, the electricity supply is 7000 megawatts. The country has witnessed an increase of 4000 megawatts,” he said.
Odigie-Oyegun revealed that the president used his experience to control insecurity in the country to its barest minimum.
The chairman said that President Buhari has introduced several ways of reducing poverty through giving agriculture and economic empowerment to the people.
Earlier, the Katsina State governor, Alhaji Aminu Masari, commended the top PDP members that defected to APC, saying it is an indication of good governance.
Speaking on behalf of all the defectors, Senator Ibrahim Idah, pledged their loyalty to the APC, and promised to do their best to win more votes for the party in 2019.
Also speaking, the APC Katsina State Chairman, Alhaji Shitu Shitu, said both new and old APC members are going to be treated equally.
Shitu said there would be no discrimination in the ruling APC.
Over 300,000 people defected from PDP to the ruling APC in Katsina State during a special grand reception organized by the state APC chapter.
- NAN