The lawmaker representing Misau/Dambam Federal Constituency of Bauchi State, Aliyu Misau, has defected from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and joined the Allied Peoples Movement, APM.
The speaker of the House, Abbas Tajudeen, announced the lawmaker’s defection on Wednesday during plenary.
In the letter, Misau said his decision to leave the PDP is due to the unresolved internal crises and persistent factionalism within the party.
DAILY POST reports that this is the second time in June that another Bauchi federal lawmaker defected from the PDP to the APM.
Recall that four members of the House from Bauchi State had on June 4, dumped the same PDP for the APM.
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