Two members of the House of Representatives, Kabiru Usman and Abdullahi Sani, who were elected under the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), have officially switched allegiance to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Their defection letters were read out by the Speaker, Tajudeen Abbas, during Thursday’s plenary session.
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Representing the Rano/Bunkure/Kibiya and Karaye/Rogo Federal Constituencies of Kano State, the lawmakers cited “the internal crisis rocking the NNPP” as the reason for their departure from the party.
In a related move, Oluwole Oke, the representative for Oriade/Obokun Federal Constituency in Osun State, also declared his defection to the APC during the same plenary.
The APC National Chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje, was present at the session to lend his support to the defecting lawmakers.
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