We’ve 22 states, 53 senators, no extra defection from APC — Okorocha

Okorocha, who gave the warranty on the cease of a closed-door assembly among President Muhammadu Buhari and APC governors on the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Wednesday night, instructed nation house correspondents that the meeting deliberated on the defections of  in their colleagues. “ of our colleagues left our celebration, this is politics. it's miles unfortunate that they've to move. we've got 22 states, 53 senators now. no person is leaving the birthday party anymore. the ones who've left, we had been conscious that they will go away lengthy in the past. “President Buhari way properly and he is inclined to combat corruption and also you all realize if you are fighting corruption, it will fight again. that is what’s going on,’’ the governor stated. country wide Chairman of APC, Adams Oshiohmole, who also spoke on the outcome of the meeting, stated the governors have been on a solidarity go to to President Buhari. The governors who attended the meeting covered Abubakar Badaru of Jigawa, Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos; Yahaya Bello of Kogi; Jubril Bindow of Adamawa, Kashim Shettima of Borno, Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi and Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo. additionally at the assembly have been Governors Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun, Simon Lalong of Plateau, Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano and Sani Bello of Niger. Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna, Tanko Almakura of Nasarawa, Godwin Obaseki of Edo and Osun deputy governor, Grace Laoye-Tomori, had been also in attendance. Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara, who is the cutting-edge chairman of the Governors’ discussion board, as well as governors of Bauchi and Yobe states had been absent on the assembly. It’ll quickly be clear who's in control of Sokoto—Wamakko meanwhile, former governor of Sokoto state, Senator Aliyu Wamakko, has said in some days, it might be clear who became in control of the state. Wamakko, who now represents Sokoto North senatorial district, stated in some days time, it is going to be clean which celebration turned into genuinely on top of things of the state. Wamakko stated this in response to the defection of Aminu Tambuwal, the country governor, from APC to PDP.