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| Senator Abdullahi Yahaya. |
The majority leader of the Nigerian Senate, Senator Abdullahi Yahaya, has formally resigned his position as the Majority Leader of the senate, following his defection to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Yahaya, who represents
Kebbi-North in the upper chamber of the National Assembly, said this in a
letter he addressed to the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan and was read at
plenary on Tuesday.
The letter read, “I write
to inform you of the withdrawal of my membership of the All Progressives
Congress (APC) and consequently resigned my position as the majority leader of
the 9th senate, and I came to this decision, after a very hard struggle with my
conscience and emotions that it is better to remain on the side of my people
than selfishly look at the other way, as all politics is local, I cannot
therefore in good conscience continue to work for the success of this
administration at the center, while the people of my state, my primary
constituency continue to wallow in abject poverty and destitution under the
misrule and manipulation of a despot in the state”.
“I have therefore decided
to pitch my tent with the PDP in other to join forces with compatriots at home
who are against incompetence, imposition and violation against democratic
norms, principles and practices” he said.
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