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Six members of the Zamfara State House of Assembly have dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state.
The defectors cited alleged disregard and disrespect to the country’s constitution by the Assembly as some of the major reasons for abandoning the PDP.
The members jointly made their decision known on Wednesday in Gusau, the state capital, after deliberating over the poor management of the House.
They said the parliament had since compromised its duties by serving as an extension of the Governor’s office and a rubber stamp to Governor Dauda Lawal.
The members tendered their letters before the factional Speaker, Hon. Bashar Aliyu Gummi.
They said that having been illegally suspended for about two years now, which had also silenced their constituents as elected members, they had since formed a parallel Assembly.
The defectors also said they have been challenging the illegalities of both the so-called government recognised faction and the executive.
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The lawmakers included the factional Speaker, Bashar Gummi, member representing Gummi 1, Nasiru Maru, member representing Maru North and Bashir Masama, member representing Bukkuyum North.
The rest were Bashir Bello, member representing Bungudu West, Amiru Keta, member representing Tsafe West and Mukhtar Kaura, member representing Kaura.Namoda North.
They claimed that without them, the present faction of the legislature working with the governor had been taking decisions and passing laws without forming the required quorum and therefore such laws were null and void.
They urged the National Assembly to investigate their case and ensure that order and rule of law are fully adhered to in the legislature.
On their decision to join the APC in the state, the lawmakers cited justice, fair play, harmony and inclusiveness as the attracted them to the party.
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