Jigawa gov tears defectors’ PDP membership card, opposition party demands apology Jigawa State Governor, Umar Namadi, has figuratively torn the membership cards of defectors from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) while welcoming them to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The gesture, accompanied by strong remarks from Namadi, was seen as a blow to the PDP’s relevance in the state. …

Exactly two months to the governorship election in Ondo State, hundreds of members of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state have defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress. The Independent National Electoral Commission would be conducting the governorship election on 16 November, while all 16 political parties that would be participating in the forthcoming election had begun campaigning. Receiving …