Another PDP Governor Set To Join APC On June 12

• …it has been rumoured that the governor has been harbouring plans to dump the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)…

The dissolution of the Zamfara State executive council on Tuesday is part of Governor Bello Matawalle’s preparations for defecting to the All Progressives Congress (APC), a source have said.

Premium Times reports that the source, who pleaded anonymity because he was not authorised to speak on the development, said Matawalle will formally announce his defection for the APC on June 12, as part of the ceremony to mark Democracy Day.

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The source said the governor dissolved his cabinet because some members, including the deputy governor, Mahdi Aliyu, are reluctant to make the journey to the ruling party with him.

EKO HOT BLOG recalls how it has been rumoured that the governor has been harbouring plans to dump the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), even though some leaders of the APC in the state do not want him in the party.

On Tuesday, the PDP governor sacked the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Bala Bello, the 23 commissioners, his Chief of Staff, Bala Mande, and the Deputy Chief of Staff, Bashir Maru.

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EKO HOT BLOG understands that Matawalle wants to be in the APC before the National Conventional of the party in June.

He assumed office on May 24, 2019, after the Supreme Court disqualified all the APC candidates in the state in the general election of that year over the failure of the party to conduct valid primaries.