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A New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) member of the House of Representatives, Yusuf Galambi, has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Reading the defection letter at the plenary on Thursday in Abuja, the Speaker, Tajudeen Abbas, quoted the defecting lawmaker as saying that his defection was hinged on the crisis in NNPP.
Mr Abbas welcomed the lawmaker representing Gwaram Federal Constituency of Jigawa to the APC and urged his party members to welcome him to their fold.
Yusuf GalambiThe News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that recently, the National Assembly has been hit by a gale of defections from opposition political parties to the ruling APC.
NAN also reports that Amos Magaji, representing Zangon Kataf of Kaduna State moved from PDP to APC, while Salisu Koko, representing Koko-Besse/Maiyama of Kebbi State, also defected to the ruling party.
(NAN)
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