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EXPLOSIVE: Kano State PDP Chairman defects to APC

Afnews Editor

Jan 22, 2020

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The Kano State chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Rabiu Sulaiman Bichi, has reportedly defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC.

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According to Daily Nigerian, a source close to the party chairman said his decision to dump the party was based on principles and personal conviction.

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"The decision of Rabiu Sulaiman Bichi was not related to the outcome of the Supreme Court judgement. It was purely based on principles and personal conviction.

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"In the affairs of Kwankwasiyya, Rabiu Bichi has been lately rendered irrelevant, ostracised and sidelined from the decision-making of the Kwankwasiyya movement. Despite his commitment to the cause, he was looked down upon as a saboteur.ÔÇØ he added.

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Bichi's alleged defection is coming few days after the Supreme Court dismissed the appeal and cross-appeal instituted by Alhaji Abba Kabiru Yusuf, the gubernatorial candidate of PDP while affirming Governor Ganduje's election.

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Delivering judgment, Justice Sylvester Ngwuta declared that the grounds of the two appeals brought by the appellant were dismissed for lack of merit.

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He added that the grounds of the appeals were blanket in law, unproved and could not accommodate all infractions of the electoral process.

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