The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) have merged under the leadership of Maharashtra Faru, a member of the Maradun II Constituency-based Zamfara State House of Assembly.
The APC’s Zamfara State chapter formally met him at a ceremony in Gusau.
Faru had previously made his defection known in a letter from October 27, 2025, which was sent to the House of Assembly’s Clerk.
He cited poor PDP leadership, particularly at the state level, as the primary cause of his ouster in the letter.
I want to let you know that I have left the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), having reviewed recent events in our party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), especially at the national level, and that I have joined the All Progressives Congress (APC) because I believe the party’s leadership is lacking there.
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Faru explained that his decision was based on extensive consultation with his electorate, who, in his opinion, voted in favor of joining the APC.
During a lively ceremony held at the party’s Secretariat in Gusau, the lawmaker was formally accepted into the APC along with hundreds of his supporters.
The event, which was presided over by the Honourable Tukur Umar Danfulani, the State APC Chairman, also featured the defection of Alhaji Salisu Dodo Faru, a PDP ex officio member for Maradun Local Government, as well as five PDP ward chairmen from the Faru/Magami, Gidan Goga, Tsibiri, Kaya, and Janbako wards.
In a statement released at the time, Faru claimed that Governor Dauda Lawal’s failure to fulfill campaign promises, particularly regarding insecurity, the main factor that won voters’ support in the 2023 elections, was the catalyst behind his decision to quit the PDP.
He lamented that Maradun II PDP members had experienced injustice and disregard while their constituency had been ignored and denied fair representation.
“Dauda’s administration lacks fairness,” he declared. He claimed that only the government benefits the party’s supporters and favored PDP members.
Faru further claimed that many of the PDP’s governors and prominent members had switched to the APC because it had become plagued by crises at all levels.
“I’ve chosen to join Matawalle and Abdulaziz Yari, along with all of my supporters and party executives in my constituency for these reasons,” he continued.
Alhaji Salisu Dodo Faru, the PDP ex-officio member for Maradun Local Government, stated in his remarks that Maradun II Constituency is now the PDP’s “dead in.”
He accused Governor Dauda Lawal of abandoning devoted party members who worked tirelessly for his election victory and described him as an “accidental politician who lacks direction.”
He applauded Senator Abdulaziz Abubakar and the Defense Minister, Bello Matawalle, for continuing to work at the grassroots.
Dodo claimed that PDP will be a walkover by 2027 as a result of its immature politics.
Source: Channels TV
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