The senator representing Kaduna South Senatorial District, Sunday Katung, has resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and joined the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
9news Nigeria reports that Katung’s defection was read in a letter at plenary on Wednesday by Senate President Godswill Akpabio.
Giving reasons for his defection, Senator Katung cited the prolonged leadership crisis in the PDP for his defection.
He stated that the platform could no longer guarantee his political destiny.
According to the lawmaker, he decided to leave the PDP following wide consultations with his constituents, adding that it is only the APC that can offer him the platform to continue serving his people.
He said the PDP had become “fractured” and can no longer meet the aspirations of the voters in his constituency.
Katung also said “evolving political realities” in Nigeria showed that hope for a secure future for himself and his constituents was with the APC.
With the latest defection, the APC now has 74 senators in the Senate; PDP 27; Labour Party four; APGA two; NNPP one; and SDP one.
