In what looks like another blow for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) ahead 2023 election, some top party members in Gombe state have defected to join the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP).
The defection is barely two days after the immediate past state women leader, Mole Istifanus Bennett, and a former commissioner, Bakura Bajoga, in the administration of the former state governor, Ibrahim Dankwambo, left the party.
Seven more stalwarts of the party, including Rose Simon, a coordinator of Atiku Abubakar’s presidential campaign, former special assistant to Dankwambo Grace Joshua and Saul Dodo Damagun Friday also announced their defection.
Others are; Labilwa Sambo Madugu, Kawu Peto Kaltungo, Safiyanu Magaji and James Bello Danbaba.
All the former members of the PDP have now joined the NNPP.
Last week, the forum of past PDP women leaders from the 11 local government areas of the state staged a peaceful protest against their alleged abandonment and exclusion from the campaign council of the party’s governorship candidate, after which the leader of the forum, Mole Istifanus Bennett, resigned from the party.
