{"id":20417,"date":"2020-01-22T16:01:28","date_gmt":"2020-01-22T16:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=20417"},"modified":"2020-01-22T16:01:28","modified_gmt":"2020-01-22T16:01:28","slug":"pdp-chairman-in-kano-defects-to-apc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/pdp-chairman-in-kano-defects-to-apc","title":{"rendered":"PDP Chairman in Kano defects to APC"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Kano State chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Rabiu Sulaiman Bichi, has reportedly defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe 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.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn 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.\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Bichi\u2019s 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\u2019s election.<\/p>\n

Delivering judgment, Justice Sylvester Ngwuta declared that the grounds of the two appeals brought by the appellant were dismissed for lack of merit.<\/p>\n

He added that the grounds of the appeals were blanket in law, unproved and could not accommodate all infractions of the electoral process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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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