27 out of 30 PDP lawmakers in Sokoto decamp to APC

The majority
of the
members of the Sokoto State House of
Assembly, viz. 27 out of 30 members of the
People Democratic Party ( PDP) have defected
to the All Progressives Congress, APC.
According to reports, only three members of the
assembly – Bala Musa, representing Yabo,
Mustapha Hurumi representing Bodinga South and
Gatau Mustapha of Isa constituency – had
remained in the PDP.
The Assembly Speaker, Alhaji Lawalli Zayyana
announced the defection on Wednesday. NAN
reports that the defected members immediately
brought out brooms to celebrate their move after
the announcement of their names by the speaker.
It would be recalled that Gov. Aliyu Wamakko and
his supporters had since defected to the APC, while
his Deputy, Alhaji Mukhtari Shagari had remained
in the PDP.
Shagari had at a recent news conference in Sokoto
said that his loyalty to the party and President
Goodluck Jonathan was intact. Althought the
deputy governor claimed that his relationship with
Wamakko was still cordial
The PDP Umbrella Torn Apart
The members decided to move to the APC to follow
the state governor, Aliyu Wamakko, who was one of
the five governors (Rabiu Kwankwaso of Kano,
Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers, Murtala Nyako of
Adamawa and Ahmed Abdulfatah of Kwara
announced in October their decision to defect to
the APC) that defected to the APC.
"We are moving in line the decision of his
Excellency Governor Aliyu Wamakko to also move
over to the APC.
And of course the crisis in the PDP, which led to the
factionalisation of the party at both state and
national level, also made us leave," The Chairman
of the House Committee on Information, Malami
Basakkwace, said.
Source: Leadership

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