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The rally, held to welcome a former Governor of the state, Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa, back to the PDP, was attended by key party chieftains, including President Goodluck Jonathan, Vice President Namadi Sambo and Senate President David Mark

Bafarawa, who was at the secretariat with his supporters, challenged the leaders of the APC to show Nigerians the party’s membership register to debunk his claim

But barely 24 hours after this, a former Governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa, also named his faction’s SEC

He said: “This is because other people have also come back to the PDP and this is also across Nigeria

Their defection came to light on Thursday at the inauguration of the Sokoto State headquarters of the APC by Governor Aliyu Wamakko

Briefing newsmen at the end of the meeting in Sokoto, the Commissioner for Information, Mallam Danladi Bako, said commissioners, special advisers, local government chairmen as well as members of the new PDP in the state had unanimously agreed to move along with Wamakko to the APC

Oroji said that three persons, one female and two males, died on October 14, out of nine infected

NAN further gathered that the deceased was living with his family in his Sokoto city home

Governor Saidu Dakingari of Kebbi State and his wife, Zainab, were to board the aircraft with 48 other intending pilgrims from the state

Brigadier General Tasi’u Ibrahim, the Commander, 1 Brigade, Nigerian Army, Sokoto, said at a news conference in Sokoto that the incident took place in Gidan-Dare, near Sokoto

“The council has also spent N2.45 million in the payment of registration of 56 indigenes of the area at the Sultan Maccido Institute for Qur’an and General Studies, Sokoto for 2013 academic session