At least 8000 people of Bassa community in Kwara on Wednesday defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), pledging their overwhelming votes for all APC candidates.
The Bassa community in Kwara originated from states like Kogi, Nasarawa, Plateau, Niger, Benue and FCT, and are largely farmers, spreading across many local government areas of the state.
The defectors, led by their Oba and Aguma Abassa (I), Oba Daniel Zhokwo, were jointly received at the state APC Campaign office by the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor for Non-indigenes, Mr Caleb Bobi, and state APC Deputy Chairman, Alhaji Abdullahi Samari, on behalf of the Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq.
