I Didn’t Defect With Tambuwal – Deputy Governor

Following the defection of the Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, from the All Progressives Congress, APC, to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the Deputy Governor, Alhaji Ahmed Aliyu Sokoto, has confirmed that he did not defect with the Governor.

The Deputy Governor, Alhaji Ahmed Aliyu Sokoto, was said to be a loyal member of the Senator Wamakko led group in the state who had expressed confidence in President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress, APC.

Alhaji Ahmed Aliyu Sokoto and about twelve members of the Sokoto State House of Assembly were said to have maintained their loyalty to the Senator Wamakko led group in the state and refused to be lured to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

A stunning claim was made by one the twelve members of the Sokoto State House of Assembly who declined to follow the Governor to the PDP. He said that he was offered N13 million by the Gov Aminu Waziri Tambuwal as an inducement to dump the APC. He stated that he rejected the money and appeared to insinuate that the 18 other members of the State Assembly who followed Tambuwal to the PDP accepted the bribed. The claim has not been verified.

The legislator said, “We were offered N13 million each to move to the PDP. I, along with 11 other members of the house declined the offer and remained in the party under which we were elected. We remain loyal to APC, our leader, Senator Aliyu Wamakko, and President Muhammadu Buhari. We cannot join PDP because we cannot return to darkness which the opposition party represents, having experienced the light in APC”.

“No amount of intimidation, political harassment as well as monetary inducement will make us change our political stand. We are happy with the recent political development in our state and we will continue to work towards promoting the lofty ideals of our party,” he said.

He said he and 11 other colleagues rejected the bribed to join the PDP because “they have their names to protect”.

“We have since embarked on house to house sensitization to our teeming supporters on why we remain in our party and why we want them to remain politically committed. We want everybody to remain loyal to our party leaders, shun political thuggery and violence because as progressives we must be seen to be promoting peaceful coexistence for the overall political growth of our party “he concluded.