Senate Deputy Minority Whip dumps PDP for APC

The Deputy Minority Whip of the Senate, Sen. Ibrahim Danbaba, has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC).

This was contained in a letter read by Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, at plenary on Wednesday.

Danbaba stated that he left PDP because of the lingering and multifaceted crisis in the party.

He said: “I write to formally inform you and distinguished colleagues of my decision to join the APC from the PDP.

“My decision is anchored on the continuing multifaceted crisis that has bedeviled the PDP, especially at the zonal level which has created not only credibility problems but has undermined party discipline, cohesion, and focus.

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“The situation at the state level has not helped matters either as depicted by lack of political sanity, focus, and credible leadership.

“I have in APC, the political ideology in consonance with my personal political philosophy. This Ideology also seems the best suited to meet the expectations and aspirations of my constituents,” the Senate Deputy Minority Whip stated.

Danbaba, who represents Sokoto-South at the National Assembly, became the Deputy Minority Whip after the defection of Sen. Sahabi Ya’u (APC-Zamfara) from PDP to APC.

Danbaba’s defection has raised the number of APC Senators to 71, while the PDP has 37.

The Star