{"id":795,"date":"2017-12-30T06:58:58","date_gmt":"2017-12-30T06:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=795"},"modified":"2017-12-30T06:58:58","modified_gmt":"2017-12-30T06:58:58","slug":"former-kebbi-gov-deputy-joins-apc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/former-kebbi-gov-deputy-joins-apc","title":{"rendered":"Former Kebbi Gov, Deputy Joins APC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From Uangbaoje Alex, Birnin Kebbi<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_797\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-797\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-797\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/12\/images-1-300x173.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2017\/12\/images-1-300x173.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2017\/12\/images-1.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-797\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former Kebbi state governor, Alhaji Sa\u2019idu Dakingari<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A former Kebbi State governor, North West, Nigeria, Alhaji Sa\u2019idu Dakingari and his deputy, Alhaji Ibrahim Aliyu, on Friday defected to All Progressive Congress (APC) from PDP.<\/p>\n<p>The top PDP officials who detected to APC included the former Secretary to the state government, Alhaji Rabiu Kamba, former member House of Representatives, Alhaji Sani Kalgo, Abdullahi Dan-Alkali, Alhaji Haruna Hassan and Halima Tukur.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing journalists in Birnin Kebbi on Friday, Gov Abubakar Bagudu, described the defection as a welcome development for the growth of the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are very much delighted as we are now more united than we were.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe essence of our union is nothing more than to move our state and the country forward, \u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Also speaking, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Alhaji Abubakar Malami, said their defection to APC was timely.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want all and sundry in the state to rally round the governor in order to assist him to record unprecedented success in moving our state forward.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Federal Government has been doing its best in social, economic and security aspects as many roads construction have been going, electricity has improved and security situation in the country has also improved ,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He called on the defectors to put in their years of experience by contributing in all areas they could in order to move the state and country forward.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on behalf of the defectors, the former deputy governor, said they dumped the PDP to APC in order to move the state forward.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This nation needs peace and this state needs development, we came to APC to unite our people under one fold and that fold is APC,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Uangbaoje Alex, Birnin Kebbi A former Kebbi State governor, North West, Nigeria, Alhaji Sa\u2019idu Dakingari and his deputy, Alhaji Ibrahim Aliyu, on Friday defected to All Progressive Congress (APC) from PDP. The top PDP officials who detected to APC included the former Secretary to the state government, Alhaji Rabiu Kamba, former member House of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":797,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Former Kebbi Gov, Deputy Joins APC - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/former-kebbi-gov-deputy-joins-apc\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Former Kebbi Gov, Deputy Joins APC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"From Uangbaoje Alex, Birnin Kebbi A former Kebbi State governor, North West, Nigeria, Alhaji Sa\u2019idu Dakingari and his deputy, Alhaji Ibrahim Aliyu, on Friday defected to All Progressive Congress (APC) from PDP. The top PDP officials who detected to APC included the former Secretary to the state government, Alhaji Rabiu Kamba, former member House of [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/former-kebbi-gov-deputy-joins-apc\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-12-30T06:58:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2017\/12\/images-1.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"231\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"alex2\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"alex2\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/former-kebbi-gov-deputy-joins-apc#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/former-kebbi-gov-deputy-joins-apc\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"alex2\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/2db3228571acfd8ce6b28278c86e69b8\"},\"headline\":\"Former Kebbi Gov, Deputy Joins APC\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-12-30T06:58:58+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/former-kebbi-gov-deputy-joins-apc\"},\"wordCount\":308,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/former-kebbi-gov-deputy-joins-apc#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2017\/12\/images-1.jpeg\",\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/former-kebbi-gov-deputy-joins-apc#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/former-kebbi-gov-deputy-joins-apc\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/former-kebbi-gov-deputy-joins-apc\",\"name\":\"Former Kebbi Gov, Deputy Joins APC - Nigeria\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/former-kebbi-gov-deputy-joins-apc#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/former-kebbi-gov-deputy-joins-apc#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2017\/12\/images-1.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-12-30T06:58:58+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/2db3228571acfd8ce6b28278c86e69b8\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/former-kebbi-gov-deputy-joins-apc#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/former-kebbi-gov-deputy-joins-apc\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/former-kebbi-gov-deputy-joins-apc#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2017\/12\/images-1.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2017\/12\/images-1.jpeg\",\"width\":400,\"height\":231,\"caption\":\"Former Kebbi state governor, Alhaji Sa\u2019idu Dakingari\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/former-kebbi-gov-deputy-joins-apc#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Former Kebbi Gov, Deputy Joins APC\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\",\"name\":\"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/2db3228571acfd8ce6b28278c86e69b8\",\"name\":\"alex2\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/alex2\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Former Kebbi Gov, Deputy Joins APC - Nigeria","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/former-kebbi-gov-deputy-joins-apc","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Former Kebbi Gov, Deputy Joins APC","og_description":"From Uangbaoje Alex, Birnin Kebbi A former Kebbi State governor, North West, Nigeria, Alhaji Sa\u2019idu Dakingari and his deputy, Alhaji Ibrahim Aliyu, on Friday defected to All Progressive Congress (APC) from PDP. The top PDP officials who detected to APC included the former Secretary to the state government, Alhaji Rabiu Kamba, former member House of [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/former-kebbi-gov-deputy-joins-apc","og_site_name":"Nigeria","article_published_time":"2017-12-30T06:58:58+00:00","og_image":[{"width":400,"height":231,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2017\/12\/images-1.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"alex2","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"alex2","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/former-kebbi-gov-deputy-joins-apc#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/former-kebbi-gov-deputy-joins-apc"},"author":{"name":"alex2","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/2db3228571acfd8ce6b28278c86e69b8"},"headline":"Former Kebbi Gov, Deputy Joins APC","datePublished":"2017-12-30T06:58:58+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/former-kebbi-gov-deputy-joins-apc"},"wordCount":308,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/former-kebbi-gov-deputy-joins-apc#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2017\/12\/images-1.jpeg","articleSection":["all news","Parties"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/former-kebbi-gov-deputy-joins-apc#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/former-kebbi-gov-deputy-joins-apc","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/former-kebbi-gov-deputy-joins-apc","name":"Former Kebbi Gov, Deputy Joins APC - Nigeria","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/former-kebbi-gov-deputy-joins-apc#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/former-kebbi-gov-deputy-joins-apc#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2017\/12\/images-1.jpeg","datePublished":"2017-12-30T06:58:58+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/2db3228571acfd8ce6b28278c86e69b8"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/former-kebbi-gov-deputy-joins-apc#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/former-kebbi-gov-deputy-joins-apc"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/former-kebbi-gov-deputy-joins-apc#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2017\/12\/images-1.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2017\/12\/images-1.jpeg","width":400,"height":231,"caption":"Former Kebbi state governor, Alhaji Sa\u2019idu Dakingari"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/former-kebbi-gov-deputy-joins-apc#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Former Kebbi Gov, Deputy Joins APC"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/","name":"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/2db3228571acfd8ce6b28278c86e69b8","name":"alex2","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/alex2"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}