PDP sinks deeper as Niger senator defects to APC

The legislator representing Niger South Senatorial District, Sen Peter Jiya, has defected from Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC.

Jiya’s missive of defection was work by Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, astatine the resumption of plenary connected Tuesday.

The missive read: “I was formerly a subordinate of the PDP, which was my sponsoring party.

“However today, I person resigned my rank of the PDP. This determination is owed to the ongoing quarrels and important divisions wrong the party.

“Furthermore, kindly instrumentality announcement that effectual today, I person decided to articulation and subordinate with the All Progressives Congress, APC, successful bid to proceed my governmental career.”

The legislator expressed profound gratitude to his erstwhile party, PDP, for giving him the accidental to service the federation and humanity.

“I stay grateful and privation the enactment good successful the future, particularly if it is capable to resoluteness its interior challenges,” helium said.

With Jiya’s defection, the latest configuration of senators successful the legislature crossed enactment enactment is: APC, 90; ADC, nine; PDP, four; APGA, 1 and NDC, one.

New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, and Accord person 1 legislator each, making it 106 senators, with 3 seats vacant owed to the demise of their erstwhile occupants.

PDP sinks deeper arsenic Niger legislator defects...