Nigeria: 3,000 PDP, Other Party Members Defect to APC in Kogi

29 August 2017

Lokoja — About 3,000 members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and other registered political parties have decamped to the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) in Olamaboro Local Government of Kogi State.

A former chairman of Olamaboro local council, Mr Gabriel Olofu, who led the defectors, said their decision was a demonstration of their gratitude to the administration of Governor Yahaya Bello for the "unparalleled development" and the accelerated infrastructural and human capital advancement the area.

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