{"id":81781,"date":"2023-02-05T13:13:19","date_gmt":"2023-02-05T12:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/2023-election-tambuwal-loses-another-aide-to-apc"},"modified":"2023-02-05T14:36:03","modified_gmt":"2023-02-05T13:36:03","slug":"2023-election-tambuwal-loses-another-aide-to-apc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/2023-election-tambuwal-loses-another-aide-to-apc","title":{"rendered":"2023 election: Tambuwal loses another aide to APC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Alhaji Abubakar Kwaire, a special adviser to Gov. Aminu Tambuwal, has decamped from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC, ahead of the 2023 general elections in the state.<\/p>\n<p>Kwaire, according to a statement by Bashar Abubakar, the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to Sen. Aliyu Wamakko (APC, Sokoto North), was received by the state APC governorship candidate, Alhaji Ahmad Aliyu in Sokoto.<\/p>\n<p>Kwaire\u2019s decision to join APC, according to him, was motivated by Wamakko\u2019s leadership qualities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTherefore, I believe with Wamakko as APC leader and Aliyu to govern our state, if elected, more dividends of democracy are expected,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>In his remarks, the governorship candidate welcomed the defector and assured him of equal treatment like all other members of the party.<\/p>\n<p>Kwaire, a former member of the Sokoto State House of Assembly, hailed from Tambuwal Local Government.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Alhaji Abubakar Kwaire, a special adviser to Gov. 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