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Buni Receives 11 Anambra Lawmakers From PDP, APGA To APC

Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni, who is also Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker Convention Planning Committee, has received 11 Anambra lawmakers who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) and All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).


APC Caretaker Committee Chairman and Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, at the APC National Secretariat in Abuja on June 29, 2020.
APC Caretaker Committee Chairman and Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, at the APC National Secretariat in Abuja on June 29, 2020.

 

Governor of Yobe State Mai Mala Buni, who is also Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker Convention Planning Committee, has received 11 Anambra lawmakers who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) and All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).

The lawmakers include five serving and four former House of Representatives members, as well as, two members of the state House of Assembly.

Governor Buni while receiving the new members on Thursday, congratulated them for making the “right decision by joining the ruling party and bringing their people to the centre”.

The defectors commended Governor Buni for giving the APC the right leadership and promised to deliver their constituencies to the party in the Anambra Governorship election.

Also present at the event were the Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, and governors of Imo, Kogi, Kano, Jigawa and Kebbi states.