Thousands of PDP, NNPP supporters reportedly decamp to APC in Sokoto

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Thousands of PDP, NNPP supporters reportedly decamp to APC in Sokoto

Mr Abubakar said the Sokoto defectors included NNPP State House of Assembly candidate in the area, Maniru Malami, alongside hundreds of his supporters.

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