Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Umar Ghali Na’Abba today defected to the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) from the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
He announced his decision to join the opposition party at a brief ceremony held at the party’s National Headquarters in Abuja.
The former Speaker maintained that he left the ruling party because it has lost the virtues its founding fathers set out to achieve.
According to him, "I am sure most of you here must have read or heard about my communication to my former party, the PDP and that I have decided to leave the party having being a member of the party for the last 16 years.
"It is a sad commentary on that party that today, a majority of not only the founding fathers but even founding members have left the party. Most of them are on this (APC) side of the divide.
"We need change because Nigerians have been misruled by successive Presidents of the Peoples Democratic Party. I believe that the momentum today is in favour of the APC and we must not allow that momentum to fall.
"This is why I decided that since I have resigned from the PDP, I should join the APC."
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