Treasurer of the Katsina State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Nasiru Usman, has dumped the party for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, alongside 4,000 others.
The defectors presented themselves to the Kankia Local Government chapter of the PDP on Saturday.
Usman, speaking on behalf of other defectors, said that they decided to switch because the APC has neglected them.
He told newsmen, “It is a fact that I led many others in the struggle that ensured victory for the APC in the 2015 general election.
“I campaigned vigorously against the then PDP candidate, Musa Nashuni, who is from my own local government – Kankia – and ensured he lost even his village, to Aminu Masari of APC.
“However, after the polls and the subsequent assumption of Masari as governor of Katsina State, majority of us were neglected by the APC.
“In my own case, some party stalwarts in Kankia went to the party’s state headquarters and ensured that I was suspended from its fold, for reasons best known to them.
“I have been on suspension for 14 months, with the state office refusing to recall me as directed by the Northwest Zonal Chapter of the party, following my successful petition against the illegal action.”
He added that his defection to his new political abode was not to contest for any position.
“We left the party because of neglect. The 4,000 people defecting with me are from the 10 political wards of Kankia,” he said.
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