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Amid growing tension in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate of the party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, led other party chieftains, including his running mate, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, PDP National Chairman, Senator Iyorchia Ayu and former vice-president, Arc. Namadi Sambo to receive 160, 000 members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Adamawa State into the party.

In Yola, the Adamawa State capital, Atiku vowed to curb the current insecurity and poverty in the nation, if voted into power.

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He spoke while addressing a mammoth crowd of PDP supporters who converged in his honour.

On the occasion, he received over 1,640 APC defectors from Mubi North and Fufore Local Government Areas of the state.

He said: “Though I am not here to campaign, rather to receive the supporters and decampees as well as integrate them into the big umbrella of the PDP.”

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Governor Fintiri also promised to work tirelessly for the people of the state and the party, assuring that Atiku will emerge the next President in 2023.

Also speaking, the state chairman of the party, Mr A.T. Shehu, revealed that 1,640 decampees were received from Toungo Local Government Area, while two serving members of the state House of Assembly and over one hundred others were from Fufore and Mubi North Local Government Areas respectively.

Speaking on behalf of the supporters, a member of the Adamawa State House of Assembly from Fufore Gurin Constituency, Shuaibu Babbbas, affirmed their loyalty and commitment to the PDP in its quest to oust the APC and fix the country.

(Vanguard)

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