NIGERIA- Over 4,000 members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Nasarawa State few hours ago.

CEOAFRICA.com gathered that the defectors were formally received into the PDP fold by the state’s Chairman of the party, Mr Yunana Iliya at Keffi and Garaku, the headquarters of Keffi and Kokona local government areas, respectively.

While receiving the defectors, Mr. Iliya commended their courage and urged that other PDP supporters in the state should embrace the new members.

Iliya appealed to the electorate to vote for PDP candidates in the upcoming local government elections in the state as well as in subsequent elections, promising that the party would not let them down.

Speaking on behalf of the defectors, Mr Ibrahim Anfani, said that their decision to join the PDP was informed by the leadership style of those elected under the party’s platform across the state.

He added that those elected under the platform of PDP do carry people along irrespective of tribal, religious and political affiliations.