The Senator representing Bauchi South Senatorial District, Lawal Gumau, has dumped the New Nigerian People’s Party, NNPP, for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
This is coming less than a week after the Mr Gumau lost his re-election bid to the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Shehu Buba.
Mr Gumau who scored 3,739 votes came distant third behind the APC, and PDP candidates.
The senator announced his defection to the PDP during a meeting with Governor Bala Mohammed.
While declaring his support for Mohammed’s re-election, directed his supporters across the senatorial district to massively vote for the governor and all the PDP House of Assembly candidates in the forthcoming governorship election slated for March 11.
He said, “The most important thing is not about the party, it is the personality that attracted us to the party. I returned to PDP because of Kauran Bauchi who is my leader, mentor and a person who I always follow for me to succeed in politics.
“I joined the governor now because I want my people to feel the impact of democracy and after thorough investigation, I realised that Kauran Bauchi is the best and his performance is the main reason for us to come to him.
“My supporters should thank God that we have a reliable leader who we can trust. Governor Bala Mohammed is a kind of leader that, even without asking him, he will remember that he has a duty to do things.
“He is working not necessarily on what people ask him to do, he does what he believes is good for his people and therefore we must vote for His Excellency to enable him continue doing his good work for our dear Bauchi State,” Mr Gumau said.
In his reaction, Governor Mohammed welcomed Mr Gumau and all his supporters and campaign coordinators to the ruling PDP in the state and promised to provide them with a level playing field to contribute positively towards the victory of all the candidates of his new party in the 11 March governorship and state assembly elections.
