The Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) leadership in Sokoto State, led by the party’s governorship candidate, Sa’idu Gumburawa, have joined the All Progressives Congress (APC).

This development is contained in a statement on Saturday by Bashar Abubakar, the special assistant to Aliyu Wamakko (APC Sokoto- North), the APC leader in the state.

According to Mr Abubakar, the new APC members include all the candidates of PRP, state executives and officials from the state to local governments.

“They include the three senatorial candidates of the party, Garzali Abdullahi, Bello Holai and Shehu Ibrahim of Sokoto North, East and South Districts, respectively.

“Also involved are the 11 candidates for the House of Representatives and 30 members of the State House of Assembly,” he said.

Mr Abubakar added that the PRP leaders and their supporters were received by the APC leaders in the state on Friday in Sokoto.

He quoted Mr Wamakko as saying that the development was one of the greatest successes of APC ahead of the 2023 general elections in the state.

While welcoming the new members, the lawmaker described their decision to join the APC struggle as a wise choice in ensuring the emergence of the right leadership at the right time.

“I am highly delighted to receive a friend and partner in progress, Gumburawa, who is returning home to join us in our dedication to the development of Sokoto state.

“Today, I want to assure you that APC and all its members will continue to work closely with you and your supporters to enable our collective success in the 2023 general elections,” he said.

Also, the Sokoto APC governorship candidate, Ahmad Aliyu, congratulated the new members while assuring them of equal treatment with all other party members.

“In APC, we are one family, we support and protect one another and work closely together towards achieving our goal of safeguarding our state and Nigeria at large,” he said.

Mr Aliyu further pledged to ensure quality healthcare delivery, education, trade and investments, agriculture, civil servants’ welfare and other developmental aspects if given the mandate to govern the state.

Earlier, Mr Gumburawa stated that their decision to join APC was to contribute their quota towards ensuring the party’s victory at the 2023 general elections.

“We considered the situation the people of the state found themselves under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)-led government.

“As such, motivated our decision to join the APC so that the state will come back to its lost glory like during the administration of the former Governor Aliyu Wamakko,” he said.

In a related development, the APC leader had also received Bello Yarima, the Special Adviser to Governor Aminu Tambuwal on Sokoto Marshal Agency, a paramilitary agency of the state.

The party also received Umaru Chori, another PDP stakeholder from Sanyinna town of Tambuwal LGA.

(NAN)