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Bashir Ahmad, personal assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on new media, has hinted at the possible defection of Bello Matawalle, governor of Zamfara state, from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Ahmad gave the hint in a Facebook post on Sunday.

“So Zamfara is back home! Welcome Matawalle,” the Facebook post read.

At the moment, Matawalle has not confirmed his rumoured defection to APC, despite speculation of the defection from different quarters and the subsequent denial.

In April, some APC governors visited Matawalle in Zamfara to commiserate with him over the activities of bandits in the state.

The visit of the APC governors was followed by their PDP counterparts in a move to persuade Matawalle from not joining the APC.

Since November 2020, two governors – David Umahi of Ebonyi state and Ben Ayade of Rivers state – elected under the platform of PDP have joined the APC.

Meanwhile, some APC chieftains have been boasting that more PDP governors will join them.