Three Kaduna PDP lawmakers defect to APC
Three House of Assembly members elected under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party in the Kaduna State House of Assembly have defected along with their supporters, to the All Progressives Congress.
The three opposition lawmakers are Henry Mara ( Jaba Constituency), Emmanuel Kantiok (Zonkwa Constituency), and Samuel Kambai (Zango constituency).
Announcing their defection on Thursday at their various wards, the three opposition lawmakers, disclosed to PUNCH Online in a telephone interview, that their defection was to align with the party at the state level because of the sterling leadership and performance exhibited by Governor Uba Sani within a year and half.
Their defection comes just two days after Amos Magaji, the lawmaker representing Zangon Kataf/Jaba Federal Constituency at the National Assembly, also defected to the APC.
The lawmakers stated that the political future of their constituents was sacrosanct and believed that they would serve their people better in the ruling party.
A member, representing Jaba Constituency, Henry Mara, declared that the PDP’s dominance in Southern Kaduna has “rapidly crumbled.”
“A major realignment in the power structure of the State House of Assembly is looming as we’re expecting more opposition to dump the PDP for APC,” Mara stated.
His colleague and a member representing Zango Constituency, Samuel Kambai, observed that the achievements of the Kaduna State Governor have erased animosity towards the ruling party and effectively ‘killed’ the opposition parties in the state.
“Governor Uba Sani’s commendable achievements within two years are attributable to the decline in opposition parties.
” Southern Kaduna has been a stronghold of the opposition PDP since 1999 but today, that jinx has been altered by Governor Uba Sani’s credible leadership.
Similarly, the lawmaker, representing the Zonkwa constituency, Emmanuel Kantiok, explained that the state has faced escalating insecurity in the past eight years, but there is relative peace and he promised to consolidate Governor Sani’s existing performance.
