The majority of the members of the Sokoto State
House of Assembly have defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC, from the
People’s Democratic Party, PDP.
Twenty seven out of the thirty members of the
Assembly took the decision to move the APC on Wednesday, law makers said.
The Chairman of the House Committee on Information,
Malami Basakkwace, informed reporters over the telephone that the members
decided to move to the APC to follow the state governor, Aliyu Wamakko, who was
one of the five governors 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,” he said. The
defectors include the speaker of the assembly and other principal officials.
Mr. Basakkwace also said since the defection of
the governors, people from the 27 constituencies have mounted pressure on the
legislators to follow the governor. He added that the crisis in the PDP, which
led to the factionalisation of the party at both state and national level, also
made them leave.
Another member, Abdulsamad Dasuki, also told
reporters that Nigeria’s constitution allows them freedom of association, and
that the crisis in the PDP appears to be increasing by the day.
“The PDP Umbrella is torn and we have to follow
the wishes of our people,” he said.
Mr. Dasuki also said the three remaining members
may also defect.
“I am sure they would do the same when they
finally came back, they were absent today (Wednesday) due to illness and other
commitments,” he said.
The lawmakers moved from the Assembly complex,
where they took the decision to defect on Wednesday, to the Sokoto Government
House to inform Mr. Wamakko of their decision.
Mr. Wamakko had, alongside four of his fellow
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.
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