{"id":45739,"date":"2021-06-27T16:32:03","date_gmt":"2021-06-27T15:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=45739"},"modified":"2021-06-27T16:24:24","modified_gmt":"2021-06-27T15:24:24","slug":"gov-bello-dumps-pdp-for-apc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/gov-bello-dumps-pdp-for-apc","title":{"rendered":"Gov Bello dumps PDP for APC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).<\/p>\n<p>DAILY POST learnt that Matawalle defected to the All Progressive Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Personal Assistant to Nigeria\u2019s President, Muhammadu Buhari on Digital and New Media, Bashir Ahmed disclosed this on his verified Facebook page on Sunday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The presidential aide wrote \u2018\u2019So Zamfara is back home! Welcome, Matawalle\u2019\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Governor is yet to confirm his defection officially.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). DAILY POST learnt that Matawalle defected to the All Progressive Congress. Personal Assistant to Nigeria\u2019s President, Muhammadu Buhari on Digital and New Media, Bashir Ahmed disclosed this on his verified Facebook page on Sunday morning. 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