Gov. Matawalle concludes plan to jump ship, 18 APC governors to receive him

Eighteen All Progressives Congress (APC) governors are expected to receive Governor Bello Muhammad Matawalle of Zamfara on Tuesday.

The Chairman, Publicity Sub-Committee of the programme and Zamfara Commissioner for Information, Ibrahim Dosara, disclosed in an interview in Gusau on Monday.

“The Progressive governors will be led by the APC Chairman Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) and governor Mai Mala-Buni.

“We are also expecting all our national assembly members as well as state legislators to declare their defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the APC during the occasion.

“Similarly, all the 14 local government caretaker committee chairmen who just finished their tenure, council members and teeming supporters will join the hundreds of thousands of the Muhammad loyalists, friends and supporters in our movement to our new party, the APC.’’

According to him, the event which is considered a historic one in the statte will further unite politicians and strengthen the APC in the state.

Also speaking, Mr Mohammed Mamman, the Director-General, Press Affairs, to the Gov. Mala-Buni said the governor has has been able to convince three governors to defect to the APC.

”With Muhammad joining the APC, it means Mala-Buni, as the Chairman of the Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee, has been able to convince three governors into the party.

“They are Dave Umuahi of Ebonyi, Prof. Ben Ayade of Cross River. This is also a confirmation that the APC is doing well both at the national and state levels under the purposeful, focused and people oriented leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari,’’ Mamman said.