Niger SDP lawmaker defects to APC
A member of the Niger House of Assembly, Yakubu Bala (SDP-Katcha), has defected from the Social Democratic Party (SDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Mr Bala announced his defection during plenary in Minna on Wednesday, declining to state the reasons for his defection.
Responding, speaker Abdulmalik Sarkindaji welcomed him to the APC and urged him to support the state government’s efforts in delivering democracy dividends to the people.
(NAN)
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