Former Katsina governor Shema joins APC

Former Katsina State Governor, Barr Ibrahim Shema, has near the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and joined the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC).

Shema, 66, defected to the APC connected Thursday evening and was presented with a rank paper with serial fig 26551, issued by the Shema Ward Executive of the APC astatine his hometown successful Dutsinma Local Government Area.

The rank card, filled retired by the authorities caput of the APC, Suleiman Nanadi, was issued to the erstwhile politician astatine the Shema Ward Party bureau successful Dutsinma by the authorities president of the APC, Sani Aliyu.

Jabirru Abdullahi, Chief of Staff to Governor Dikko Radda, received the rank paper connected behalf of the Katsina governor, who is to personally contiguous it to the erstwhile governor.

Upon receiving the card, Tasuri said it was a momentous accomplishment for the APC to invited specified a salient fig from the opposition, and that specified improvement made a historical displacement successful the governmental landscape.

There are reports that the erstwhile politician and the incumbent had earlier met with President Bola Tinubu successful Aso Rock, wherever Radda had informed Tinubu of the development.

Before his defection, the erstwhile politician had governed the authorities from 2007 to 2015, and had held cardinal governmental positions astatine the authorities and nationalist levels for the PDP.

At 1 time, helium was the PDP Vice Chairman for the Northwest zone, and had been Attorney General and Justice Commissioner during the tenure of precocious President Umaru Yar’Adua, erstwhile helium was authorities governor.

Radda, who expressed delight implicit Shema’s defection, described the improvement arsenic a homecoming and a reunion with poltical household members.

The governor, successful a statement, recalled that some Shema and the contiguous past Governor, Aminu Masari, erstwhile served successful assorted capacities nether the enactment of the precocious erstwhile President Umaru Yar’adua.

Signed by his spokesperson, Ibrahim Mohammed, Radda said though the 2 leaders were erstwhile separated by definite circumstances and idiosyncratic goals, they are present backmost connected the aforesaid side.

The politician called connected different patriotic citizens of the authorities to articulation hands successful repositioning the authorities for greatness, reiterating that his doors are unfastened to anyone consenting to lend to the state’s development.

During the paper presumption astatine Dutsinma, the authorities president of the APC, Sani Aliyu commended governors Radda and Masari for their relation successful securing the defection of the influential figure, adjacent arsenic helium pledged adjacent attraction for the erstwhile governor.

In a invited address, the authorities caput of the APC, Nanadi, said that having erstwhile politician Shema articulation the enactment further proves APC’s occurrence and popularity.