Another BIG BLOW for APC and Buhari as another lawmaker decamps to PDP

A new twist of Drama unfolds as A member of Sokoto state House of Assembly, Alhaji Muhammad Bashir, who lost his bid to secure the All Progressive Congress ticket for the House of Representatives, has dumped the party. Bashir made his defection known on the floor of the assembly on Wednesday, October 17, in Sokoto.

He said that he has now shifted loyalty to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)   Bashir was beaten in the primary election for Yabo/Shagari federal constituency by Alhaji Abubakar Yabo. He said: “I wish to formally announce my defection from the APC to PDP as provided by section 109(1)(g) of the 1999 constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”

It was gathered that the APC in the state said Bashir’s defection to PDP did not come to him as a suprise, adding that prior to his defectionn, Bashir had shifted his loyalty to the the opposition party. Reacting on the development, Alhaji Sani Yakubu (APC-Gudu), said the member had been hobnobbing with the PDP for long, adding, “so this defection has not come to us as a surprise.” Yakubu disclosed that even after Bashir lost the ticket for the federal constituency, the APC still gave him a return ticket to the state Assembly.

He said: “We wish him well in his new political party, and want to assure APC members in his constituency that his departure will translate into huge success for our party.” we previously reported that just about 31 days to the governorship election is in Osun state, a member of the state House of Assembly representing Ila constituency, Clement Akanni, dumped the All Progressives Congress and joined the opposition Peoples Democratic Party.

It was reported that Akanni said he decided to join the PDP because of the failure of the APC’s government in the state to fulfill its promises to his constituency.