PDP Loses Three More Federal Lawmakers To APC

Three Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members of the House of Representatives from Katsina State on Thursday defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

This brings to 27, the number of lawmakers in the 10th Assembly to have changed parties since it was inaugurated on June 13, 2023.

Out of the figure, 24 members have dumped either the PDP or Labour Party and the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) to join the APC, one dumped the Labour Party to join APGA while two other LP members joined the PDP.

The three members who resigned their membership of the PDP at Thursday plenary are Abdullahi Balarabe Dabai (Bakori/Danja); Aliyu Illiyasu (Safana/Butsari) and Salish Yusuf Majigiri (Mashi/Dushi).

In his letter read at plenary by Speaker, Abbas Tajudeen, Majigiri said he was leaving the PDP as a result of the “chronic crisis without cure” affecting the PDP at the national level.

He said he was left with no choice than to seek an alternative platform to advance his political career and ensure adequate representation of his constituents.

He said he was also convinced by the transparent leadership style of the Katsina Governor as well as his all-Inclusive governance and accountability.

Illiyasu said he was leaving the PDP because of irreconcilable differences bedeviling the party, making it impossible for him to adequately represent his people.

Dabai lamented that the PDP has been in crisis since 2022 and all efforts to address the crisis has failed, affecting members of the party.

The defection was witnessed by Katsina governor, Umar Dikko Radda; former Governor Ibrahim Shehu Shema and other top officials of the APC in Katsina State.