Kaduna Assembly: Why we defected to APC with our supporters – 3 PDP Lawmakers

Three members of the Kaduna State House of Assembly elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party have dumped the party for the All Progressives Congress (APC).

They joined the APC on Thursday along with their supporters at their various wards.

The three lawmakers are Henry Mara ( Jaba Constituency), Emmanuel Kantiok (Zonkwa Constituency), and Samuel Kambai (Zango constituency).

They disclosed 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.

The lawmakers stated that the political future of their constituents was sacrosanct and they believed that they would serve their people better in the ruling party.

Mara declared that the PDP’s dominance in Southern Kaduna has “rapidly crumbled.”

“A major realignment in the power structure of the etate House of Assembly is looming as we’re expecting more opposition to dump the PDP for APC,” Mara stated.

Kambai observed that the achievements of the 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,” he said.

Kantiok explained that the state faced escalating insecurity in the past eight years, but there is relative peace and he promised to consolidate Sani’s existing performance.