Barely a week after former governor of Kaduna state , defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC ) to Social Democratic Party (SDP) , stalwarts of the party in Kano state, made counter defections Tuesday in Abuja.
A development, the Deputy President of the Senate, Jibrin Barau and national chairman of APC, Alhaji Abdullahi Ganduje, said he made El – rufai’s effort to use SDP to counter APC in the 2027 general election as dead on arrival.
Specifically the 2023 vice presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Yusuf Buhari, alongside the party’s Kano state governorship candidate, Bala Mohammed Gwagwarawa, members of the Kano State Working Committee, 38 local government chairmen and secretaries, 13 House of Assembly and 6 House of Representatives candidates , were among those who defected from SDP to APC at REIZ Continental Hotel Abuja.
The defection of the SDP’s chieftains was facilitated by the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau Jibrin.
Addressing the decampees, senator, said the defection of the heavyweights of the SDP shows that the mission to use the party to tackle the APC in 2027 was dead on arrival.
“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.”