The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Zamfara State, Dr. Dauda Lawal, denied rumors that he is defecting to the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of 2023 elections.
This was disclosed in by Lawal’s media office in a statement on Saturday.
21st CENTURY CHRONICLE reports that Lawal won the Zamfara 2023 PDP governorship ticket during the party’s primaries in Gusau on May 26, 2023.
The statement said that claims of Lawal’s purported defection to APC was “false and mischievous and aimed at misleading the public.”
The media office “assured that Lawal is still very much in the race and will see it to a logical conclusion come 2023.”
It said the PDP would win and govern Zamfara State, considering his fast-growing popularity and political might across the state.
It said Lawal is ready and confident in his cause to unseat the ruling APC, to wipe away the tears that the incumbent administration has inflicted on the people through the institutionalization of banditry, poverty, and penury in the state.
The statement read, “To our dear supporters and party members of Zamfara State, do not listen to any rumor purporting that Dr. Dauda Lawal is making plans to defect to the APC. This is an absolute fallacy and could only have happened in the imagination of the rumor peddler.
“Peddling rumor of Dauda Lawal’s defection is a sign that the ruling APC in Zamfara State is already jittery, having seen the massive acceptance of Lawal and the PDP across the length and breadth of Zamfara State.
“We call on the good people of Zamfara to ignore any rumor claiming that our candidate has perfected plans to defect to any party or that he is no longer in the race. Dauda is very much in the race, and he is winning, by the special grace of Allah and the support of the good people of Zamfara State.”