APC Loses Serving Reps Member To PDP

..,….Hon. Musa Muhammad, the House of Representatives member representing the Garki/Babura Federal Constituency in Jugawa State, defected from the ruling APC to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

In a letter to the chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Kore ward, Garki Local Government, he stated that he is leaving the party due to a series of conflicts and happenings.

“I write to notify the party that I resigned my membership of the APC from 21 of February 2023.

“This is due to series of conflicts and happenings at all the stages of the party, I am therefore thanking the party for allowing me to contest on its platform,” he wrote.

……..Briefing reporters at his residence after the launch of the PDP’s local government campaign in Birnin Kudu, the lawmaker said his decision came after extensive consultation with constituents on why he was defecting from the APC and joining the opposition PDP.

Musa stated that he will work with the PDP’s gubernatorial candidate, Mustapha Sule Lamido, to ensure the party’s victory in the 2023 general elections.

“I am here because I want to help a friend, we attended the same university, I am here to help the party win the election,” he said.

……The lawmaker was appointed by Governor Muhammad Badaru Abubakar to succeed his late father, Muhammad Adamu Fagen-Gawo, who died in Dubai after a brief illness.

He won the seat in a by-election with 48,318 votes, defeating PDP candidate Nasir Garba Dantiye, who received 24,135 votes.

The lawmaker was appointed by Governor Muhammad Badaru Abubakar to succeed his late father, Muhammad Adamu Fagen-Gawo, who died in Dubai after a brief illness.

……He won the seat in a by-election with 48,318 votes, defeating PDP candidate Nasir Garba Dantiye, who received 24,135 votes.