The lawmaker representing Cross River North Senatorial District, Agom Jarigbe, has formally defected from the Peoples Democratic Social gathering, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC, notifying the Senate in a proper letter.
The Deputy Senate President, Barau Jibrin, learn Jarigbe’s resignation, during which the senator cited deep-seated inside divisions throughout the PDP as the explanation for his defection from the PDP.
“I rise to formally notify you and the distinguished management of the Senate of my resignation from the Folks’s Democratic Social gathering on whose platform I used to be elected to signify the nice individuals of Cross River North Senatorial District.
“The choice has been taken after a deep and considerate reflection on the present state of my former occasion. It’s a profound remorse that I cite the prevailing deep-seated and irreconcilable variations, in addition to the persistent and deliberate factions throughout the occasion at each the nationwide and state ranges, as a main motive for my departure,” he stated.
Based on him, the APC presents a extra steady and progressive platform for serving his constituents.
Jibrin welcomed the senator to the brand new occasion, saying, “You’re most welcome. Please welcome him,” as members of the Senate applauded Jarigbe’s resolution.
The defection comes amid renewed turmoil within the PDP, which has been break up into two warring factions following a management tussle inside its Nationwide Working Committee.
Every faction has suspended the opposite in an extra escalation of hostilities.
