In a gale of defections hitting the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Kebbi State, the Kebbi Central Zonal Women leader of the party, Hajiya Yar Sokoto Jega, has dumped the PDP and joined the ruling APC.
Announcing her defection on Tuesday, 9th August, Hajiya Yar Sokoto Jega said her decision was necessity by the injustice and lack of purposeful leadership in PDP.
She also attributed her joining the APC, with over 800 of her supporters, to the monumental record of achievements of the Governor Abubakar Atiku Bagudu.
The PDP Zonal Women leader, Kebbi Central, Hajiya Yar Sokoto Jega before her defection to APC was in charge of eight local government areas under the party she left with large followers .