Zamfara speaker, 12 PDP lawmakers defect to APC

The Speaker of the Zamfara Home of Meeting, Bilyaminu Moriki, alongside 12 state meeting members, has defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress.

The speaker introduced the lawmakers’ defection throughout plenary in Gusau on Monday after presenting letters of resignation to the Home.

The Information Company of Nigeria experiences that the lawmakers’ defection adopted the defection of Governor Dauda Lawal from the PDP to the APC.

NAN additionally experiences that the Nationwide Secretariat of the APC has scheduled Tuesday, March 24, to formally obtain the governor into the occasion.

The governor’s reception into the occasion will probably be carried out by Vice President Kashim Shettima and the nationwide management of the APC, alongside former governors of the state.

The defecting lawmakers are anticipated to be formally obtained into the APC alongside Gov. Lawal on Tuesday.

Among the many defectors are the Deputy Speaker of the Home, Adamu Aliyu (Gummi II Constituency); the Majority Chief, Bello Mazawaje (Tsafe East Constituency); and the Chief Whip, Rilwanu Nagambo (Anka Constituency), amongst others.

Moriki mentioned the lawmakers’ unanimous resolution was knowledgeable by their need to affix the governor.

“It turned mandatory for all of us to assist Governor Dauda Lawal to carry extra improvement to the state.

“We obtained full assist from our constituencies earlier than taking the choice to depart the PDP for the APC.

“Our resolution is geared toward encouraging clean collaboration between the state and the federal governments,” he mentioned.

NAN experiences that with this improvement, the APC now controls the Zamfara Home of Meeting, with all 24 members. (NAN)

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