Just In: Big Blow as Former Reps Deputy Minority Whip Dumps PDP
- Fatima Binta Bello, who represented the Kaltungo/Shongom constituency in the 8th National Assembly has dumped the PDP
- Former Deputy Minority Whip of the House of Representatives made this known in a letter issued on Thursday, October 5
- Bello, however, was silent on her reason for leaving the PDP and which political party she intends to join
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Gombe state - Former Deputy Minority Whip of the House of Representatives, Fatima Binta Bello, has resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
According to The Nation, Bello tendered her resignation letter to the PDP chairman in the Shongom ward, Shongom LGA of Gombe State, on Thursday, October 5.
Source: Twitter
She said the decision to quit the PDP was hard, but was taken after a wide consultation with her associates.
She didn’t state her reason for leaving the main opposition party.
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“I am writing to tender my resignation from Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with immediate effect. Attached herewith, I am also sending in my PDP Membership card”
The former lawmaker also did not disclose if she would be joining another political party.
She was in the House for eight years,
Bello represented the Kaltungo/Shongom constituency in the 8th National Assembly.
She was a former deputy chairman of the Shongom local government council and also served as commissioner under Danjuma Goje’s led administration
63 Powerful chieftains dump PDP in Ondo
Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that PDP recorded a major blow in its camp. This is as sixty-three (63) chieftains of the PDP in Idanre Local Government Area (LGA) of Ondo state defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Friday, July 21.
The defectors included the chairman, PDP Elders’ Forum in the locality, Idowu Akinseye, former special adviser to former governor Olusegun Mimiko, Marcus Adeoti, Lad Owoseni, former chairman Timber Finishers, Brigadier Omogbemi.
Former governorship aspirant dumps PDP in Edo state
Former governorship aspirant and chieftain of the PDP, Barrister Ken Imasuagbon, on Wednesday, June 7, dumped the PDP.
The frontline Edo politician became a household name in Edo state and beyond for his philanthropic gesture.
In a letter sent to the chairman of the party in the state, Tony Aziegbemi, and chairman of his local government, Esan South-east Ward 2, Imasuagbon was, however, silent on his reasons for quitting the PDP.
Powerful former Nigerian governor resigns from PDP
A former governor of Kaduna state, Ramalan Yero, dumped the PDP.
This is contained in a letter dated Saturday, September 30.
The former governor personally signed the letter and forwarded it to the Ward Chairman, PDP Kaura, Zaria local government area (LGA) of the state.
Source: Legit.ng
