April 14, (THEWILL) – The Speaker of the Sokoto State House of Assembly, Aminu Muhammad Achida, has defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC), to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Announcing his defection, the speaker noted that he dumped the APC to pursue his political ambition in an atmosphere free of rancour, division and factionalisation.
Hon. Achida disclosed this in his resignation letter, which was tendered to the house during a sitting on Thursday.
The letter read in part: “Our decision to defect to PDP, is in order to pursue our political ambition in a congenial atmosphere devoid of division, fractionalisation and crisis.
“The APC has throughout its history remained a motley of different interest groups, especially in Sokoto state.”
According to him, the party has three different state Congresses at three different places by three rival factions with Senator Aliyu Wamakko faction electing Isa Sadiq-Achida as state party Chairman.
They said another faction of Senator Abubakar Gada, electing Mainasara Sani, as state Chairman, while the other faction of member House of Representatives Balarabe Salame, held their Congress and elected Sirajo Abubakar as state APC Chairman.
The Speaker added that the ugly developments has plunged the APC into serious litigations in several States of the federation.
