President Muhammadu Buhari says he is expecting millions of Nigerians to join the ruling All Progressives Congress in the next few months .
He said the defectors would join the party from all parts of the country .
Buhari said this in a letter he sent to Senator Basheer Mohammed , who recently defected to the party in Kano .
Mohammed ’s Personal Assistant on New Media , Bashir Ahmad , posted a copy of the letter dated January 25, 2018 , and titled, ‘ Re: Declaration for APC , ’ on his Twitter handle , @ BashirAhmaad .
Buhari’ s letter was a response to an earlier one by the senator informing him of his decision to join the ruling party.
The President said he would have loved to attend a welcome reception organised for the federal lawmaker in Kano but for the 30th African Union Summit he was attending in Addis Ababa , Ethiopia.
Buhari’ s letter to the senator read , “ I was most delighted to receive your letter informing me of your impending decision to formally declare for our great party, the APC .
“ Furthermore, I am very encouraged to learn that you are bringing thousands of new supporters into the fold .
“ We are expecting millions to join us in the next few months from all parts of the country .
“ I would have very much welcomed another opportunity to be in Kano but due to a conflict of engagements; I am due on that day in Addis Ababa for an important African Union meeting which was scheduled months ago .
“ I hope I shall have the pleasure of welcoming you to the Presidential Villa in the near future . I wish the event turns out to be a resounding success. ”
The letter was personally signed by the President .
The News Agency of Nigeria reported that Lado and his supporters joined the APC at the Sani Abacha Stadium Kano , on Saturday .
He was received by Deputy National Chairman of the APC , Segun Oni , on behalf of the party’ s National Chairman, Chief John Odigie - Oyegun.
Lado , who represented Kano Central Senatorial District from 2011 to 2015 , lost the seat to the immediate past governor of the state , Rabi ’ u Kwankwaso , in the 2015 general elections .
Reacting , the National Chairman of the PDP , Prince Uche Secondus , faulted the President ’ s statement . He said the ruling party would soon be empty .
He said many of those relied upon by the President would soon leave the party to join the PDP in a bid to “ wrest the country from un -performing “ government .
Secondus told one of our correspondents on Sunday that the President should not be deceived with a defection of one person to his party , adding that the ruling party would soon experience what he described as a “ thunderbolt .”
He said, “ We wish the President well , but he would soon realise that he is leading a dead party . This is because many of those he feels are with him or in the party are on their way out .
“ The party will soon become an empty shell . We are not happy to lose any of our member to his party, but if he thinks that ’ s enough to guarantee him a re - election , he has missed it.
“ Very soon , as soon as we begin our membership drive and mobilisation , he will soon know that the party he is leading would soon become irrelevant in the political calculation of 2019 . The thunderbolt that will hit them soon would be unbearable for them .”
Secondus also called on Nigerians and members of the PDP to remain steadfast , saying that “ the future is bright because this darkness would soon give way for light .”
Also speaking , the spokesperson for the party, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan , said it was unfortunate that the President and his team had yet to come to the reality that Nigerians were tired of them .
He said, “ They are not facing the reality yet , and that is unfortunate . Nigerians are tired and sick of the party and this malfunctioning government .
“ Where the President will get the millions that would join his party is strange . But there’ s nothing wrong in having such a dream anyway. ”
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