Defection: PDP Leaders Meet Goje in Abuja

Chuks Okocha in Abuja

Ahead of the reported defection of former Gombe State governor, Senator Danjuma Goje, from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), a team of leaders from the opposition party have begun talks.

The PDP leaders who met with Goje at his Abuja residence include the immediate past governor of Gombe State, Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo, Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, Senate Deputy Minority Leader, Philip Aduda, and former governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose.

It was learnt that the meeting which took place last Thursday night, was also aimed at resolving some political differences between Dankwambo and Goje to facilitate the growth of the PDP in Gombe State.

Sources at the meeting hinted that the PDP leaders tried to persuade both Goje and Dankwambo to embrace the principle of sacrifice in harmonising political structures.

Goje, a former Minister of Power, was also a two-time governor of Gombe State between 2003-2011 under the PDP before he was succeeded by Ibrahim Dankwambo.

He left the PDP for APC in the build up to the 2015 general elections.

Goje has been having a running battle with the incumbent Gombe State Governor, Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya.