The National Organising Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Umar Bature, has warned former party members who defected to other political platforms, declaring that they have lost every right to identify with the PDP.
Speaking in Sokoto on Saturday during a state congress organised by the Nyesom Wike-aligned faction of the party, Bature said defectors should stop attending PDP functions and presenting themselves as members of the opposition party.
Bature said, “They know they are not members of the PDP, so they should stop attending events as members of the PDP. They were legally removed because they had moved to another party. They should go and concentrate on their party and leave the PDP alone.”
The PDP chieftain also dismissed suggestions that his faction was working in the interest of the All Progressives Congress, insisting that the group’s focus remained on strengthening the PDP ahead of future elections.
“If we
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