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A former governor of Katsina State, Alhaji Ibrahim Shema, officially switched his allegiance to the All Progressives Congress on Thursday.

This is just as the current governor, Dikko Radda, described Shema’s defection from the Peoples Democratic Party to the ruling party as homecoming.

Shema, who held office from 2007 to 2015 under the banner of the PDP, completed his registration at the Shema Ward party office in the Dutsin-ma Local Government Area.

He was warmly received into the APC and was issued his hip card by the state’s party chairman, Alhaji Sani Aliyu-Daura.

Aliyu-Daura thanked Radda and his predecessor, former Governor Aminu Masari, for their efforts in facilitating Shema’s defection to the APC.

In Dutsin-ma, Alhaji Jabiru Abdullahi-Tasuri, the Chief of Staff to Governor Radda, presented Shema with his hip card on behalf of the governor, as reported by NAN.

Abdullahi-Tasuri quoted the governor as saying that the party had achieved a significant milestone by welcoming such a prominent figure from the opposition.



“This marks a historic shift in the political landscape of the state, the defection is a homecoming and a reunion with political family ,” the governor said.

Radda reminisced about Shema and Masari’s past service under the leadership of the late former President Umaru Musa Yar’adua.

Shema, in his remarks, said his reason for ing the APC was to contribute to the development of both the state and the nation as a whole.

In reaction to Shema’s defection, Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to President Bola Tinubu, succinctly remarked, “PDP’s big loss in Katsina, APC’s big gain.”

https://punchng.com/its-homecoming-katsina-gov-welcomes-shema-to-apc/

he should have decamp to mop party

Political harlots

ayoolataiwo:
Political harlots

You must be referring the the Agulu failure

2010 - APGA
2020 - PDP
2023 - LP

See him doing political hookup here. 2 parties in 1 year.

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Never knew we have a new state called katsona.

How do I get to katsona from Anambra?

Katsona, mod don high

ayoolataiwo:
Political harlots

Yeah..

Just like the Gbajue 1 of Agulu land..

Does this stop hunger, corruption and frustration on Nigerians?

3 marine commando president


Desperado

rada Rada

His sins are forgiven

Shema following obi foot steps. Peter obi is the most decamped politician in Nigeria.

Obedients won't see that as political prostitution.

Ndi Ara

Peter Pandora Obi don turn foolish yeye man for Nairalanders hand ,😂😂😭😭😭

Wickedfacts:


You must be referring the the Agulu failure

2010 - APGA
2020 - PDP
2023 - LP

See him doing political hookup here. 2 parties in 1 year.

Who do una this thing?!.
Even as Obi is not the president... You people are so obsessed with him that you just find a way to link all news + the one that doesn't concern the man to him.

Na waa o. Highly delusional tribalistic black homo-sapien. Sorry for your sad life

What is it with old news on Nairaland? Gone are the days when we got prompt updates on this platform. This defection happened since last week, but just hitting front page today. Na wa ooo!

EmekaBlue:
Who do una this thing?!.
Even as Obi is not the president... You people are so obsessed with him that you just find a way to link all news + the one that doesn't concern the man to him.

Na waa o. Highly delusional tribalistic black homo-sapien. Sorry for your sad life

OBI is a politicians like other rogue politician like him.
Where have you seen other rogue ers crying when you OBI slaves attack their rogue?

he should have decamp to mop party

Remain peter obi

COMRADES, useless Shema, if pdp eventually becomes the government in power he will still defect to PDP

For the development of the state, Federal and for EFCC to leave him alone. I hail ooo!

It's better to move to APC than to claim remaining in PDP and being a minister in APC government