The Speaker of the Kebbi State House of
Assembly, Aminu Jega, his deputy, and other
principal officers of the Assembly have
resigned from their position.
Mr. Jega, who announced the decision late
Thursday, said their action was as a result of
unfair treatment meted out to the members by
the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in
the state.
There have been reports in recent week that
the leadership of the House as well as the
state deputy governor, Ibrahim Aliyu, will
defect to the opposition All Progressives
Congress, APC.
The deputy governor, Wednesday, denied any
plan to defect from the PDP.
A source in Kebbi APC, who refused to be
named because he was not permitted to speak
to the media, however, confirmed to
PREMIUM TIMES that the speaker and 16 other
members in the house have approached the
APC and are set to defect from the PDP.
“As we speak all arrangements are concluded
to receive them either over the weekend, or
at most by Monday,” our source said.
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