The Speaker of the Sokoto State House of Assembly, Aminu Muhammad Achida, has decamped from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).
The speaker submitted the letter of his defection to the Assembly during plenary session on Thursday.
According to him, the State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, played a huge role in his decision to dump the APC for the PDP.
Achida in a letter jointly signed with the APC Deputy Chief Whip, representing Wamakko Constituency at the state House of Assembly, Murtala Maigona, said the decision is in order to pursue their political ambition.
The letter which read in part quoted the Speaker as saying “Our decision to defect to PDP is in order to pursue our political ambition in congenial atmosphere devoid of division, factionalisation and crisis.
“The APC has throughout its history remained a motely of different interest groups, especially in Sokoto state.”
Representing Wurno Constituency at the Assembly, Achida said that the defection is in accordance with the letters and spirit section 109 (1)(g) of the Constitution of the Federation Republic of Nigeria, 1999 as amended.
Similarly, a member of the state House of Assembly representing Wammako 2 Constituency, Murtala Bello Maigona, has defected to the APC.
