Nasarawa: Former Reps Member, Kigbu, Defects From PDP To APC

• Defection
• The caretaker committee chairman said the party had accepted the new members wholeheartedly and would accord equal rights and privileges with other members of the party.

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Dr Haruna Kigbu, a former lawmaker who represented Lafia/Obi Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, on Saturday, defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Kigbu defected with thousands of his supporters at an elaborated ceremony in Lafia.

Receiving the new members into the party, Mr John Mamman, Caretaker Chairman of APC in the state, described the development as “home coming” for the former lawmaker.

Mamman noted that Kigbu began his political career and won election under the platform of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) which later gave birth to APC.

He noted that the defection of the former lawmaker to the APC would add value to the party.

He expressed gratitude to members and leaders of APC for accepting him and his supporters and assured that he would work for the success of the party in all future elections.

Kigbu pointed out that he had not come to displace anybody but to support the APC – led government to deliver good governance to the people.

Also speaking, Mr Yakubu Dogara, former Speaker of the House of Representatives, who was guest speaker at the occasion, described Kigbu as an asset.

He said Kigbu’s had contributed immensely to the development of the country while in the House of Representatives.

Dogara, therefore, advised leaders of APC to ensure inclusiveness in the conduct of the affairs of the party in order to produce quality leaders that would move the country forward.

In his remark, Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa state, expressed joy over the defection of former lawmaker into the APC family.