Katsina governor, Aminu Masari, has stated that President Muahhamdu Buhari will get more votes from the state in 2019.
He said this Saturday in Katsina during a ceremony organized by the state APC chapter to receive politicians who defected to his party from the PDP.
In the 2015 general election, Buhari got 1,345,441 votes, while former president Goodluck Jonathan polled 98,937 votes.
In his remarks, Masari while receiving
the defectors, said their decision was an indication of good governance in the state.
He explained that the top politicians that joined APC did so out of their own interest and they were ready to serve the people of the state.
Masari said that the reception of the prominent politicians into the APC was assuring and the party was better positioned for the 2019 polls.
“We are going to multiply the votes that we gave to President Buhari in 2015 during the forthcoming election of 2019”, NAN quoted him as saying.
Speaking on behalf of all the defectors, Sen. Ibrahim Idah, pledged their loyalty to the APC and promised to do their best to win more votes for the party in 2019.
Also speaking, the APC Katsina state Chairman, Alhaji Shitu Shitu, said both new and old APC members were going to be treated equally.
Shitu assured that there would be no discrimination in the ruling party.
Thousands of people defected during the special grand reception.
