Principal Ex-lawmaker Defects From APC, Joins Another Party
- The ruling APC on Thursday, April 7, officially lost one of its top chieftains, Lasun Yussuf, to the Labour Party
- Yussuf celebrated his membership of the Labour Party in Osun on Thursday was a deputy speaker of the House of Representatives
- The ex-ex-lawmaker will be slugging it out with other aspirants on July 16 when the Osun gubernatorial election will be held
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Osogbo, Osun - Rt Honourable Lasun Yussuf, the former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, on Thursday, April 7, officially defected to the Labour Party (LP).
Yussuf made his membership in the LP public on Thursday in Osogbo, the Osun state capital, New Telegraph reports.
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He is eyeing the 2022 governorship seat of the state and will thus contest in the July 16, gubernatorial election
The ex-lawmaker recently announced his resignation from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
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In an earlier post, Legit.ng gathered that Yussuf had resigned from the APC.
He submitted his resignation from the ruling party at its state secretariat in Osogbo on Friday, March 25.
Confirming his exit from the APC, Yusuf said:
“Thanks for the enquiry. It is true. I have left APC. That is all I want to say for now.”
Huge loss for APC as suspended lawmaker dumps party, defects to PDP
Meanwhile, Obinna Okwara, a member of the Imo state House of Representatives had dumped the APC for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Okwara made this known to newsmen on Thursday, March 31, as his defection pictures and video trended on various social media platforms.
According to the lawmaker, he has not made any official statement about his defection nor communicated on the floor of the House.
Okwara who represents Nkwerre State Constituency was seen in the trending pictures and videos picking his PDP membership card.
He told journalists that he had not made any official statement about the development nor communicated on the floor of the House.
He said:
“So if I should rejoin the PDP, it is to enhance my 2023 political ambition. Remember I am a Democrat and founding member of PDP..."
Source: Legit.ng
