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Three members of the House of Representatives connected Wednesday dumped the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, for the African Democratic Congress, ADC, and the Peoples Redemption Party, PRP.
This came hardly a time aft the National Assembly resumed plenary pursuing a Sallah recess.
At the plenary connected Wednesday, the subordinate representing Jama’are/Itas-Gadau Federal Constituency of Bauchi State, Rabilu Bala, formally discontinue the APC to articulation the PRP.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, who work Bala’s missive connected the level of the chamber, said the lawmaker attributed his determination to persistent interior disagreements wrong the APC and the request to prosecute a governmental level helium believes would amended alteration him to service the interests of his constituents.
In the aforesaid vein, Abubakar Zango, who represents Yola North/Yola South/Girei Federal Constituency of Adamawa State, besides announced his resignation from the APC and consequent defection to the ADC.
In his letter, Zango said his determination was guided by his conscience and what helium described arsenic the broader nationalist interest, pledging to proceed discharging his legislative responsibilities diligently and successful accordance with antiauthoritarian principles.
In a akin move, the subordinate representing Dukku/Nafada Federal Constituency of Gombe State, Abdullahi El-Rasheed, besides defected from the APC to the ADC.
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