An emerging report has it that the former governor of Katsina state, Barrister Ibrahim Shehu Shema, has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The former governor dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and joined the ruling party.
M S Ingawa, the personal assistant to the Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Arc Ahmed Musa Dangiwa, confirmed the development in a post shared on his X page on Thursday, May 2.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu received Shema at the Aso Villa on Thursday. The former PDP chieftain was accompanied to the Villa by the current governor of Katsina state, Dikko Radda.
According to the minister’s aide, Barrister Ibrahim Shema deiced to dump the party after meeting with the APC chairman, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje in August 2023.
He noted that Barr Shema supported Atiku Abubakar in the 2023 presidential election but supported APC during the governorship election which gave Dr Dikko Radda an extraordinary margin.
In a related development, TimesNow.com.ng reported that Barrister Ogundeji Iroju, a former deputy speaker of the Ondo state house of assembly, dumped the PDP. Iroju left the PDP for the ruling APC.
On Tuesday, April 16, Iroju joined the APC when Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa visited Odigbo local government area (LGA) as part of his tour to woo members of the party to vote for him at the party primary scheduled for Saturday, April 20.
Source: TimesNow.com.ng
