The opposition Peoples Democratic Party’s chances of returning to power in 2023 continues to dwindle by the day following the massive defection of members of the party to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.
The recent defection is that of the four members of the House of Representatives from Zamfara State to the APC.
The lawmakers that defected on Tuesday, cited the crisis within the party as their reason for defecting.
They are Bello Hassan Shinkafi, Ahmed Bakura, Ahmed Shehu and Suleiman Gumi.
In a letter signed by Rep. Suleiman Gumi and read at Tuesday plenary, the lawmakers said they were leaving the PDP because of the crisis within it, which led to dissolution of the state chapter by the National leadership of the party.
There action is coming few days after their governor, Bello Matawalle ditched the PDP for the APC.
It was gathered that six PDP lawmakers from the State had agreed to move with Governor Bello Matawalle to the APC.
