 Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the chairman of Matawale support organization in Sokoto State, Alhaji Anas Waziri, and a large number of his supporters have defected from the People's Democratic Party, the PDP, to the all-progressive Congress, the APC. A statement quoted Waziri as saying, quote, we decided to leave the party as its leaders have failed to take us to the promised land end of quote. Waziri said that more PDP members are on the verge of migrating to the APC.