More than 600 members of the All
Progressives Congress (APC) defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna State at Kabala Doki ward in Kaduna North Local Government area on Saturday.
They were received by Vice President, Namadi Sambo during the PDP Ward Congress, which saw three delegates emerge in each of the 255 wards in the state.
He thanked them for their decision to join the ruling party, assuring them that they will be given a level playing ground in their new party.
Sambo stressed that PDP has the interest of the people at heart and assured the decampees that they will work together to ensure that the party gets victory in 2015.
He said the peaceful conduct on the Congress nationwide was a sign that PDP will emerge victorious in 2015 election.
The Vice President further assured Nigerians that good governance will be sustained by the PDP led federal government.
He also thanked them for their support to the Goodluck Jonathan administration.
On the 2015 election, Sambo urged members of the Peoples Democratic Party and other political parties to “ensure that the election is conducted in a peaceful atmosphere devoid of any violence.”
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