Three House of Assembly members elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party in Kaduna State have defected along with their supporters, to the All Progressives Congress.
The three lawmakers are Henry Mara ( Jaba Constituency), Emmanuel Kantiok (Zonkwa Constituency), and Samuel Kambai (Zango constituency).
They announced their defection on Thursday at their various wards.
The three lawmakers disclosed to PUNCH Online in separate telephone interviews that their defection was to align with the party at the state level because of the sterling leadership and performance exhibited by Governor Uba Sani.
Their defection comes just two days after the lawmaker representing Zangon Kataf/Jaba Federal Constituency at the National Assembly, Amos Magaji, also defected to the APC.
The lawmakers stated that the political future of their constituents was sacrosanct and they believed that they would serve their people better in the ruling party.
Mara declared that the PDP’s dominance in Southern Kaduna has “rapidly crumbled.”
“A major realignment in the power structure of the etate House of Assembly is looming as we’re expecting more opposition to dump the PDP for APC,” Mara stated.
Kambai observed that the achievements of the state governor have erased animosity towards the ruling party and effectively ‘killed’ the opposition parties in the state.
” Governor Uba Sani’s commendable achievements within two years are attributable to the decline in opposition parties.
“Southern Kaduna has been a stronghold of the opposition PDP since 1999 but today, that jinx has been altered by Governor Uba Sani’s credible leadership,” he said.
Kantiok explained that the state faced escalating insecurity in the past eight years, but there is relative peace and he promised to consolidate Sani’s existing performance.
