No fewer than 252 aides appointed by Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State have deserted him following his defection from the All Progressives Congress, APC, to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
Those who deserted him are special advisers and special assistants.
They all returned to the APC.
The desertion was announced on Sunday at a press conference by Alhaji Ibrahim Haske who is the spokesman of the former aides of the governor.
Said he: “Our appointment is based on the position that APC is the political party governing the state and now that the government belongs to PDP, we have no option than to resign.
“We are bonafide members of APC and our position has always remained same; we therefore resign voluntarily from the PDP government.”
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He said they were committed to ensuring the success of the APC beyond 2019 in the state.
Speaking in the same vein, a former aide to the governor, Alhaji Abdullahi Sokoto, said, “We will continue to remain in our party APC and as such we sacrifice our political appointments to clarify people’s doubt and show our stand on party supremacy.”
An excited APC chairman in the state, Alhaji Sadiq Achida, praised the former 252 aides of the governor for their loyalty to the APC.
He said they would be rewarded by the party and the people of the state in future.
