Nigeria, Feb. 17 -- The All Progressives Congress (APC) and a former governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal, have exchanged verbal blows over recent defections to the ruling party.

Mr Tambuwal, who currently represents the Sokoto South district in the Senate, said those defecting to the ruling APC were lured with "stomach infrastructure", a euphemism for personal gains purposes.

He stated this on Saturday in Kaduna after a North-west zonal meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The PDP recently lost many topshots to the APC in Kaduna State. Governor Uba Sani received the decampees at a ceremony in Kaduna on the same day that Mr Tambuwal made his remarks.

The big-name defectors include two former senators, Danjuma Laah and Sh...