By Anthony Ogbonna

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has welcomed the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, Sokoto, Benue and Kwara states’ Governors, Aminu Tambuwal, Samuel Ortom and  Abdulfatah Ahmed as well as other returnee party members defected from the All Progressives Congress, APC, party to its fold.

The party has also welcomed the Kano State Deputy Governor, Prof. Hafizu Abubakar  and all other returning and new members of the party.

In a statement by PDP’s National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, the party described Governor Tambuwal’s Wednesday’s quitting of APC as “courageous, patriotic and shows him as a statesman who puts the interest of the nation above all.”

According to the statement, “In welcoming Governor Tambuwal, the PDP notes that he had continued to conduct his activities in strict adherence to  democratic principles both as former Speaker of the House of Representatives and executive governor of Sokoto state,” it said.

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