All Progressives Congress (APC) has lost followers and political influencers in Giade local government area of Bauchi State where its governorship candidate for the 2023 elections Air Marshal Sadiq Baba Abubakar (rtd) claims to hail from.
Similarly, the local government’s auditor of New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) Danlami Mai Lemo alongside some members of the party have defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and endorsed Governor Bala Mohammed as their candidate.
Announcing their position at the venue of Governor Bala’s campaign rally, a chieftain of the APC, Shehu Magaji, who led dozens of the party’s members argued that they were convinced to join the PDP by the governor’s quality of leadership.
According to him, Abubakar only claimed indigene of the local government without facilitating any developmental projects or providing employment opportunities for the indigenes when he was the chief of air staff.
He listed some of the completed and ongoing projects in the area executed by Governor Bala Mohammed to include construction of Giade, Kurba to Basirka road, construction and renovation of blocks of classrooms and healthcare centres across the local government.
Receiving the defectors, Governor Bala Mohammed, expressed hope that their coming to PDP would add value to his campaign across the local government.
The governor said he was overwhelmed by the mammoth crowd that received him despite the fact that the APC candidate is from the area.
