{"id":698573,"date":"2019-09-04T14:48:40","date_gmt":"2019-09-04T14:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div id=\"\">\n\n<figure id=\"attachment_703797\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-703797\" style=\"width: 384px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-703797\" src=\"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/p.png\" alt=\"Alh"},"modified":"2019-09-04T14:48:40","modified_gmt":"2019-09-04T14:48:40","slug":"ex-lawmaker-weeps-begs-apc-for-forgiveness-3-weeks-after-defecting-to-pdp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/04\/ex-lawmaker-weeps-begs-apc-for-forgiveness-3-weeks-after-defecting-to-pdp\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Lawmaker Weeps, Begs APC For Forgiveness 3 Weeks After Defecting To PDP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_703797\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-703797\" style=\"width: 384px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-703797\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/p.png\" alt=\"Alhaji Manir Gidanjaja\" width=\"384\" height=\"377\"  \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-703797\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alhaji Manir Gidanjaja<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"title\">Alhaji Manir Gidanjaja, a former lawmaker in Zamfara state, who defected from the All Progressive Congress(APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) has returned back to APC barely three weeks after his initial defection.<\/p>\n<p>Making the declaration amid tears during APC stakeholders meeting which held at the residence of the former governor, Abdulaziz Yari in Talata-Mafara, Gidanjaja called on the leaders of the APC to forgive him for all his wrongdoings.<\/p>\n<p><strong>His words:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:\u00a0Akwa Ibom Lawmaker Allegedly Molests, Strips Woman Naked On The Street<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am happy to be here today to clear myself from some circumstances I found myself. I want to tell the entire people of Zamfara State and Nigeria that I have returned from PDP to the APC. I returned to APC because my political supporters are not willing to join PDP. I want to use this opportunity to apologize to our APC leader in the state, Alhaji Abdulaziz Yari, state APC Chairman, Alhaji Lawal Liman and entire APC members in this state over what happened.\u201d Gidanjaja said.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI am seeking your forgiveness over what happened. I am sure those very close to me are aware of the circumstances I found myself which led to my defection to PDP. I joined PDP last month due to some reasons beyond my control and since my defection, I have not been recognized, I have not seen good political leadership in PDP.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>More photos below:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-703799\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/z.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"376\" height=\"376\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-703798\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/b.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"382\" height=\"375\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>              &#13;\n                    <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alhaji Manir Gidanjaja Alhaji Manir Gidanjaja, a former lawmaker in Zamfara state, who defected from the All Progressive Congress(APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) has returned back to APC barely three weeks after his initial defection. Making the declaration amid tears during APC stakeholders meeting which held at the residence of the former governor, Abdulaziz [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":698574,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-698573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ex-Lawmaker Weeps, Begs APC For Forgiveness 3 Weeks After Defecting To PDP - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/04\/ex-lawmaker-weeps-begs-apc-for-forgiveness-3-weeks-after-defecting-to-pdp\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Ex-Lawmaker Weeps, Begs APC For Forgiveness 3 Weeks After Defecting To PDP - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Alhaji Manir Gidanjaja Alhaji Manir Gidanjaja, a former lawmaker in Zamfara state, who defected from the All Progressive Congress(APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) has returned back to APC barely three weeks after his initial defection. 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