By Rauf Oyewole, Bauchi 17 November 2022 | 4:38 am Erstwhile governorship aspirant on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bauchi State, Mahmud Maijama’a, has said he defected to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the best interest of the state. [FILES] Bauchi. Photo: TWITTER/BALAMOHAMMED An erstwhile governorship aspirant on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bauchi State, Mahmud Maijama’a, has said he defected to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the best interest of the state. Some loyalists of Maijama’a had, on Monday, declared their support for the APC governorship candidate, Abubakar Sadique, a former Chief of Air Staff (CAS). On why Maijama’a dumped APC, his Director of Media, Danlami Takko, said: “At a meeting in the first week of November at Mahmud Maijama’a’s residence, the Dallatun Bauchi made his intention known that he would defect from the APC to PDP. Majority of the Steering Committee members agreed to defect along with him to PDP, while a few others decided to remain in APC. “The decision by Maijama’a and majority of the Steering Committee members to defect to PDP was taken in the overall interest of Bauchi State.” Latest 2 mins ago The family of late Justice Bolarinwa Oyegoke Babalakin, a retired judge of the Supreme Court, who died last year at the age of 94, yesterday, donated an ultra-modern guest house to Fountain University, Osogbo 6 mins ago Senior Programme Officer, Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), Augustine Aigba, has said candidates contesting the 2023 polls must appear for debates and town hall meetings to tell Nigerians what their vision is. 8 mins ago In the wake of the “Outstanding Achievement in Collective Action Award” presented by Switzerland-based Basel Institute on Governance to Nigeria, following collaborative efforts of federal agencies 12 mins ago Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has commended the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for clipping the wings of economic saboteurs destroying the value of the naira through currency speculation. 12 mins ago Again, scientists have warned that the human race might go into extinction and face a reproductive crisis if action is not taken to tackle the drop in sperm count, after ascertaining the alarming rate of decline.
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