Hundreds of PDP supporters as well as supporters of APC G8 from all the political wards in Chafe Local Government have defected to the opposition All Progressive Congress in Zamfara state.
The defection rally took place at the APC local government headquarters of Chafe and it was attended by prominent APC stalwarts from the local government including the immediate past council Chairman Aliyu Abubakar Chafe.
Majority of the defectors who spoke at the venue explained that their defection from the ruling PDP is specifically informed by their unending frustration and spiritual neglect by the party structure in the state.
Majority of them noted that,they have been in PDP since the returns of the 4th republic but only for them to be abandoned after the party climbed to victory.
Addressing the decampees, the party leader in the area and immediate past council Chairman Aliyu Abubakar Chafe welcomed them on board and assured them of the party readiness to carry them along in all matters related to its activities and urged them to continue to mobilize support for the party in their respective domain.
Also speaking, the party Chairman Chafe local government Alh Kabiru Mande also assured the defectees that they should feel at home and work harder to influence more supporters for the party.
The defection rally took place barely less than a month after same former Chafe Council Chairman led some supporters of Senator Kabiru Garba Marafa from Chafe to joining the APC camp led by one of it’s former gubernatorial aspirants Aminu Sani Jaji in a rally that took place at the personal resident of the politician at Millennium Quarters Gusau
