Members of the Adamawa state house of assembly who defected from the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) to the People's Democratic Party (PDP), were on Monday received by the PDP executives in the state.
At the event, the deputy governor, James Ngilari, who refused to dump the PDP for the APC, said the defection of the house members was the beginning of peaceful politicking in Adamawa state.
Adamawa state chapter of the People's Democratic Party received formally to its folds, all the APC members of the House of Assembly who dumped the party for the PDP. The occasion which was witnessed by the state deputy governor, Bala James Ngilari, attracted a huge crowd and party supporters from different consistuencies who thronged the party secretariat amidst song and dance in commemoration of what many describe as auspicious moment in the political struggle of the PDP in Adamawa state since the exit of the governor from the party to the opposition party, APC.
State party chairman, Chief Joel Madaki, while addressing the members and their teeming supporters promised a level playing ground will be accorded to all aspirants in future elections.
Adamawa state House of Assembly speaker, Hon. Ahmadu Umaru, who led the house members to the secretariat informed the party executives that he had come along with all the 25 members who are now members of the PDP to pledge an unalloyed support and solidarity to the Joel Madaki-led PDP structure in the state.
Ahmadu, said, "We ensure at the house of assembly that all the manifestos and promises we made to our people must be delivered.”
The deputy governor, Bala James Ngilari, described the moment as a climax of good things that have come to salvage Adamawa state from the doldrums.
At the event, the deputy governor, James Ngilari, who refused to dump the PDP for the APC, said the defection of the house members was the beginning of peaceful politicking in Adamawa state.
Adamawa state chapter of the People's Democratic Party received formally to its folds, all the APC members of the House of Assembly who dumped the party for the PDP. The occasion which was witnessed by the state deputy governor, Bala James Ngilari, attracted a huge crowd and party supporters from different consistuencies who thronged the party secretariat amidst song and dance in commemoration of what many describe as auspicious moment in the political struggle of the PDP in Adamawa state since the exit of the governor from the party to the opposition party, APC.
State party chairman, Chief Joel Madaki, while addressing the members and their teeming supporters promised a level playing ground will be accorded to all aspirants in future elections.
Adamawa state House of Assembly speaker, Hon. Ahmadu Umaru, who led the house members to the secretariat informed the party executives that he had come along with all the 25 members who are now members of the PDP to pledge an unalloyed support and solidarity to the Joel Madaki-led PDP structure in the state.
Ahmadu, said, "We ensure at the house of assembly that all the manifestos and promises we made to our people must be delivered.”
The deputy governor, Bala James Ngilari, described the moment as a climax of good things that have come to salvage Adamawa state from the doldrums.
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