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2023: Why I Joined PDP – Ibrahim Shekarau

Few days after he joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), former Governor of Kano State, Ibrahim Shekarau has defended his decision to resign from the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP).

Ibrahim Shekarau Explains Why He Joined PDP

Shekarau, while speaking on Channels TV’s Politics Today on Thursday, September 1, disagreed with those who criticised his movement from the All Progressives Congress to the NNPP and now to the PDP within five years as a sign of political indiscipline.

“If it had been my character to do all that because of my personal interests – ask any average man in Kano; the people would not have been coming along with us if it was something selfish or for personal interests,” Shekarau said.

“Anytime we leave, we have a structure from the unit to the ward to the local government, to the state.

“Our politics has been a politics of consultation, very wide consultation. There was no decision that I have taken politically without taking a referendum across the states.”

Shekarau, a former Minister of Education, said he joined the PDP because it is not a one-man party and not because he had been promised any political position.

He also promised that the PDP would win Kano state in next year’s presidential elections.

The people of Kano trust us,” he said. “I assure you by God’s grace, PDP will clear the votes in Kano, if not all but the majority. Because I know what people want.

Meanwhile, Kanyi Daily had reported that on Monday, August 29, Shekarau had announced his defection from the NNPP at his residence in Kano during an event which had in attendance the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, his running mate, and governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa.

Richard Anyebe

Richard Anyebe is a senior reporter at Kanyi Daily News covering all things politics and trending human interest stories. He is based in Abuja. Contact this reporter at info@kanyidaily.com

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