Defection of five govs affected us — Muazu

ABUJA —National Chairman of the Peoples
Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Adamu Muazu
yesterday, relived the pains the party went through
following the defection of five of its governors to
the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC,
saying however, that the worst days were over.
The governors who defected to the APC included
Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers; Rabiu Kwankwaso of
Kano; Aliyu Magatakada Wammako of Sokoto;
Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara and ex- Governor
Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State respectively.
In a statement yesterday in Abuja, Muazu noted
that party was now out of the shock it suffered as
a result of the governors exit adding that the
situation had been reversed as the PDP was now
pummelling the APC to submission.
He said that with the PDP now rounding off its
campaign, it was certain that the party was
coasting to victory.
Muazu said that the PDP was very much on
course for a deserved victory at the February 14
presidential poll, adding, “We have put our best
foot forward and in reviewing the campaign tour so
far, I have no reason to doubt that victory will be
the reward of our hard work, In sha Allah.”
The statement
signed by his
Chief Press
Secretary, Chief
Tony Amadi, read
in part, “When the
campaign started,
it was clear that the opposition had gone far in
distorting the achievements of our great party.
When they shout change, they don’t tell Nigerians
what they want to change. Do they want to change
the sound educational policy of the PDP which has
been hailed all around the country as the route to
transformation of the country’s democratic
institutions?
“In the North, the popularity of our Almajiri schools
system has finally solved the educational
backwardness in the three zones of the giant
North. We shall follow this up with a revolution in
the Nomadic Education system started by the
Babangida regime in the 1980’s and we would
have wiped out ignorance.
“On insurgency, positive results are emerging from
the combined forces of our neighbours who have
realized that Boko Haram is not just a threat to
Nigeria, but also a major regional threat and the
need for a combined effort to wipe out this Al-
Qaeda inspired menace should be dealt a fatal
blow by a combined regional force. What will APC
change in tackling insurgency as they have
claimed every day of the campaign? Absolutely
nothing! All that they will change is that they will
apply their propaganda.”