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There seems to be no end yet in sight to the gale of defections from the opposition parties to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
The National Chairman of APC, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, hinted at the weekend that the Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima would be visiting Jos, the Plateau State capital on October 30 to officially receive a new set of decampees to the party.
Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, and the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Nentawe Yilwatda, yesterday led thousands of party faithful at a grand rally held at the Murtala Square, Kaduna, to welcome a wave of defectors from opposition parties into the APC. 
In Kano State, also, a former member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Farouk Lawan, formally joined the All Progressives Congress (APC) in his ward.
Prof. Yilwatda made the disclosure regarding the imminent visit of Vice President to Jos during an APC Strategic Stakeholders meeting which held at the Crest Hotel Conference Hall in the Plateau State capital yesterday..
He further revealed that the Vice President had already given his consent to the reception.
Yilwatda said, “We welcomed Mr President about two weeks ago, and now we are going to welcome the Vice President.
“Yesterday (Friday), I spoke with the governors under the Plateau of our great party, the All Progressives Congress, about the forthcoming event, and a good number of them said they are well prepared to be on the platform.”
He said Hon. Abbas had also agreed to be part of the reception ceremony, “so we’re going to have a full house again, back on the platform”.
So the same atmosphere we created during the burial of my mother will repeat itself.
“We will test the mic, we will increase the volume, we will increase the dancing steps.
“Consequent upon that, our elder, Architect P.D. Gyang, will chair the central planning committee for receiving all the decampees to APC.
He said there were many activities in the offing to keep party vibrant, keep the decampees in the news and keep them active.
“We just finished the medical outreach. The team from U.S. left today, but we have some local doctors that will sustain it until part of next week,” he said, adding that a new programme would be unveiled by Monday.
He also said the trend of launching new programmes would continue until until the 2027 elections.
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