The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Waziri Tambuwal on Tuesday finally defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the ruling Peopleās Democratic Party (PDP), ending months on speculations over his continued stay as a member of the PDP.
Tambuwal in a short message he personally read at the end of plenary said he was leaving the PDP due to the political developments in his home state of Sokoto.
Tambuwalās defection brought to an end months of speculations that he would join the APC. He came close to defection last week when he attended an APC meeting in Sokoto.
The Speaker is believed to be eyeing the Sokoto State governorship seat as the position was zoned to his senatorial district of Sokoto South.
His announcement came at the end of Tuesdayās plenary after the House had adjourned to December 3 to allow members of all political parties participate in their partiesā primaries.
It would be recalled that Tambuwal had been one leg in PDP and one leg in APC since the party came into existence following the merger of three major opposition parties.
Though, he is an high ranking official of the PDP, he had been avoiding major meetings of the PDP but always seen hobnobbing with APC chieftains during their major activities, an indication that he was only marking time as a PDP member.
