BREAKING: Kwara Speaker, 23 Lawmakers Dump APC For PDP

The speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Dr. Ali Ahmad, on Wednesday, defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress to the Peoples Democratic Party.

He led twenty-three out of the 24 members of the House to the PDP.

The only member who remains in the APC is the member representing Ojomu/Balogun Constituency of Offa Local Government Area, Saheed Popoola.

Announcing the defection on the floor of the House, the Speaker said he wished he was never a part of the APC.

According to him, he and other members of the Kwara State Assembly have dump the party for good.

Ahmad said, “All the honorable members — except one — have finally changed party to the PDP.

“This is permitted by the Proviso to Section 109 (1) (g) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

“Today, as I and other members of the Kwara State Assembly dump the APC for good, I heaved a sigh of relief.

“In 2014, I was terribly sad leaving PDP reluctantly with 36 other members of the House of Representatives.

“Today, I am the happiest leaving the APC for good. I wish I was never a member of the party.”