Buhari Dankwambo, a younger brother of Gombe State Governor, Ibrahim Dankwambo, has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Buhari Dankwambo and many of his supporters and some other PDP members numbering 2,000 defected to the APC even as efforts by the state governor and other PDP bigwigs to stop him failed to keep him in the party.
Buhari was said to have been presented with his membership card by the chairman of APC in Ajiya ward, Gombe North constituency after he registered.
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The younger Dankwambo was said to have complained of being treated unfairly by the PDP, hence his move to the APC.
He was equally believed to have turned down many juicy offers to remain within the PDP fold.
His elder brother, Ibrahim Dankwambo, is seeking the PDP ticket to contest for the presidency in 2019.
According to sources, the younger Dankwambo insisted on leaving the PDP after realising that efforts to keep him within the party were not genuine but being made to avoid embarrassment to his elder brother, the state governor.
An unnamed source was quoted by The Guardian as saying that “Obviously something is wrong; it shows that the governor is not capable of managing situations around him.”