- The PDP has lost another strong and founding member, Mukhtar Shehu Shagari, to the APC in Sokoto State
- Shagari served as minister of water resources under the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo and a one-time deputy governor of the state
- The PDP has been blamed for the defection of Shagari to the APC, citing the opposition party’s unfairness and unjust to the former minister
Sokoto, Sokoto – The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has taken a new dimension as Barrister Mukhtar Shehu Shagari joined the All Progressives Congress (APC).
He formally received his APC membership card from Abubakar Yabo, the party’s state secretary and in the company of other executives in the state, Vanguard reported.
