Commercial activities were temporarily put on hold just as there was traffic gridlock in the Bauchi metropolis as the presidential candidate of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar stormed Bauchi where he received 142,000 defectors from various political parties into the party.
The Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Memorial Stadium was filled to capacity during the program which was held on Wednesday and attended by thousands of members of the party from across the 20 local government areas of the state.
The defectors included the majority of the members of the Bauchi State House of Assembly led by the Speaker, Abubakar Y Suleiman as well as other notable politicians in the state led by the former Deputy Governor, Arch Abdul Sule Katagum and former governorship aspirant of the APC, Faruk Mustapha who is the Director-General of the PDP gubernatorial campaign Council.
