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Hope swells for Gombe APC as DPP governorship aspirant, hundreds of PDP members decamp  

The chances of the All Progressives Congress (APC) winning the Governorship election in Gombe State has brightened following the defection into the party of the Governorship aspirant of the Democratic Peoples Party (DPP), Nafiu Bala Gombe.
This is also as over two hundred members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Shongom Local Area of the State have declared their loyalty to the opposition APC in the State.
Speaking to over the development, the State Publicity Secretary of the APC, Mrs. Naomi Joel Awak said this has increased the party’s popularity in the State and shown that it is ready to take over the leadership in the forth coming elections.
However, giving reasons for his defection, Nafiu Bala Gombe, also the National Secretary of the DPP, said he has resigned from his office in the party and has switched tent to the APC because his former party has lost focus and direction.
Nafiu said in a statement made available to newsmen that “I withdraw from contesting for the office of Governor of Gombe state which I had earlier indicated interest. I fully lend my support to the candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Gombe State, Alhaji Mohammed Inuwa Yahaya”.
The State Chairman of the APC, Mr. Nitte Amangal, while receiving over 250 members of the PDP into the APC in Shongom Local Government Area said, the decampees have seen the light and are willing to join forces in taking Nigeria to the next level and change the governance of Gombe State for the better.
He said they are now bonafide members of the APC with the same rights like other older members adding that party now has stronger force to win the forth coming elections.

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