Atiku’s defection to PDP is an exercise in futility - Governor Masari

- Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina state governor says the defection of Atiku Abubakar from the APC to the PDP will not in any way affect the electoral success of the ruling APC- He states that APC is aimed at repositioning the nation by creating leaders that will champion the positive cause of the nation- Masari says the era of do or die politics is overKatsina state governor, Aminu Masari, has described the recent defection of former vice president, Atiku Abubakar from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as an exercise in futility.READ ALSO:Meet Fatai Adebayo, the alleged herbalist working for notorious Badoo gang as police release photosMasari made the statement in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Maiadua, Katsina state, on Tuesday, January 2.He said the defection of the vice president wouldnot in any way affect the electoral success of the ruling APC, stressing that Atiku had just answered his popular name.He said the APC was aimed at repositioning the nation by creating leaders that would champion the positive cause of the nation;“about 65 per cent of our political appointments were allocated to the youth”.Masari said the era of “do or die politics was over as individual character and his performance speak for him in a political warfare, not unnecessary pride and display of wealth”.He said APC in the state and federal levels wouldnot be deterred by elitist tendencies, adding that“we are set to receive more defectors into the party by next year as many influential members of the opposition would be joining us soon”.PAY ATTENTION:Read the news on Nigeria’s #1 new appHe said the party was willing and ready to accept and accommodate any individual who sought to defect into its fold, stressing that politics was a game of number.He said his administration had, in the last two years, constructed many roads, schools, hospitals and intensified efforts on security in the state.Governor Masari was in Maiadua local governmentarea to receive the former speaker of the state, Alhaji Yau GojoGojo, who defected to APC from the PDP.Meanwhile, Senator Benjamin Uwajimogu has stated that the just concludedAnambra governorship election has shown that Igbos have accepted the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).The senator representing Imo North Senatorial District in the National Assembly on the platformof the APC, said this during an interview with Daily Sun newspaper.He congratulated the candidate of the APC in the election, Honourable Tony Nwoye for his impressive outing, saying he has improved the fortune of APC in South-east region.