A serving member representing Itas/Gadau Constituency within the Bauchi State House of Assembly, Hon. Yusuf Abdullahi Itas, has defected from the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) forward of the 2027 basic elections.
Abdullahi, who chairs the House committee on petitions, introduced his defection throughout plenary presided over by the Deputy Speaker, Jamilu Umaru Dahiru on Tuesday.
The lawmaker attributed his choice to political issues, alleging that the APM had changed his identify as its candidate for the Itas/Gadau Constituency forward of the 2027 elections.
He expressed concern that the occasion’s choice in Bauchi State was not beneficial to the political pursuits of the constituency.
According to him, the alleged alternative of his identify because the occasion’s candidate knowledgeable his choice to depart the APM for the APC.
The lawmaker, nevertheless, expressed appreciation to the management and members of the Bauchi State House of Assembly for the cordial working relationship he had loved with them.
He additionally thanked the APM for offering him with a political platform to serve, regardless of his choice to depart the occasion.
This improvement additional highlights the rising inner divisions throughout the ruling occasion in Bauchi State underneath Governor Bala Mohammed.
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