Bello Matawalle, governor of Zamafara, has given a pat at the shoulders to his colleague Dave Umahi over his defection to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). in a statement made available by his spokesman Zailani Bappa, on Friday, November 27, , Matawale hailed the Ebonyi governor’s defection, saying there is what he terms “bad blood in the present Peoples Democratic Party.”
Ebonyi state governor dumped the PDP to the APC in a move that has been widely condemned by his former party the opposition PDP
After months of speculations and anxiety in the opposition party, Governor Umahi left PDP for APC in what has drawn widespread criticism. After Governor Umahi joined APC, another high profile defection hits PDP in southeast Although the governor, who is the chairman of the Southeast Governors’ Forum (SGF), has continuously attributed his defection to the endearing fatherly figure of President Muhammadu Buhari, many including Governor Nyesom Wike have condemned his defection saying if truely he defected to the APC its to pursue a 2023 presidential ambition.
Bello Matawalle says Umahi should be commended for joining APC. while commending Umahi for “taking a bold decision”, also said he has been having “a very bad experience of recent from some of my PDP Governor colleagues.” The governor described as puzzling the development in the PDP, saying his colleagues in the opposition party created unnecessary controversy over the Zamfara gold.
He warned that PDP will be at the receiving end of the bad blood in the party continues to manifest. “We should commend Governor Umahi for his bold decision rather than condemn him because everyone feels welcome only in a house where he feels comfortable. “I am having a very bad experience of recent from some of my PDP Governor colleagues which I still find very puzzling.
“For instance, the South-South Governors accusing me in the media are PDP Governors and they are the same people who brewed controversy over the so-called Zamfara Gold, premised on deliberate misinformation and outright lies.
