No fewer than 5000 supporters from Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) and All Progressives Congress ( APC ) have defected to All Progressive Grand Alliance ( APGA ) .
Speaking with newsmen in Gusau, the state capital , APGA gubernatorial candidate, Alhaji Sani Abdullahi Shinkafi, said people have been massively defecting to APGA in search of good governance .
“Just recently I have received , more than 5000 supporters from APC , PDP and other political parties in the state who joined our party , APGA and we are still expecting more supporters every day, ” he stressed .
He lamented the desperation of politicians who resort to the purchase of voter ’ s card.
According to him , political offices should not be a do or die affair, and called for restrain from such undemocratic tendencies .
“It is a very bad trend where political class and electorate resort to selling and buying of voter ’ s cards , that is dangerous to democracy ” , he alerted .
Shinkafi therefore , urged INEC and security operatives to be vigilant and clamp down on politicians that engage in such acts.
He advised the youths to continue the mobilisation of the electorate , especially in the rural areas on the dangers of selling their voter ’ s card.
APGA governorship hopeful said he wants to bring positive change socially and economically to Zamfara . He said , ” I want to tell you that both APC and PDP are birds of the same feather, I advice the electorate to vote wisely. ”
He stated that in their effort to get more support from the electorate , the Zamfara State chapter of APGA has begun grassroots mobilisation ahead of the forthcoming general elections in the state .
