Sokoto - The Sokoto State Deputy Gov., Alhaji Mukhtari Shagari, has said that he remains a loyal member of the PDP in spite of the defection of Gov. Aliyu
Wamakko to APC.
Shagari said this in Sokoto on Monday while addressing the media.
Shagari said that he had been a loyal and supportive member of the PDP since 1998 and would remain so.
According to him, “I am not aware of anyvmove by Gov. Aliyu Wamakko and other
members of the PDP to defect to the APC until today.”
“I was never consulted by anybody and it was only today that I knew about the
move.”
“I have also been loyal to my governor and the party since we were elected in
2007 till date.”
He said that he owed the responsibility and respect to be contacted on this issue.
“In politics, there is always room for
dialogue, negotiations, mending fencesband discussions.”
“I joined PDP voluntarily and not becausevof anybody,” Shagari said.
The deputy governor said that he was abhighly principled person.
“If I give my words, I give my words. I don't have the habit of jumping from one party to the other.”
NAN recalls that the state executive
council, on Monday at its enlarged
meeting presided over by Wamakko, approved a “mass defection” of the people of the state, including all commissioners and special aides, to APC.
- NAN
