- As APC chairman, Buni formally receives him into party
The Senator representing Adamawa-North, Elisha Abbo, has explained that he left the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), to join the All Progressives Congress, (APC), in order to pursue his 2023 governorship ambition.
He also said he was not ready to resign as a Senator as was demanded by the PDP.
Abbo, whose letter of defection was read on the floor of the Senate by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, on Wednesday, however insisted at a news conference after plenary, that there is a major crisis in the partly in Adamawa State.
Subsequently, the Chairman of the Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee of the APC, and Yobe State governor, Mai Mala Buni, yesterday formally received the senator into the party at the party’s National Sectetariat, in Abuja.
Abbo was presented with the flag of the APC, showing he is now a Bonaire member of the party.
The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, while reacting to Abbo’s defection said, “Senator Abbo is fully aware of the constitutional implication of his decision to defect to another party; which is that, he cannot continue to occupy the seat of the PDP in the Senate.
The APC now has 60 senators, while PDP has 42. There are currently six vacant Senate seats.
