Yobe lawmakers set to defect to APC

Rep. Ali Yakubu Mainasara, representing Potiskum/Nangere Federal constituency of Yobe State, is set to defect from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC), Daily Trust learnt in Abuja yesterday. Mainasara, who is the only PDP Federal lawmaker from Yobe State, has been holding consultations with leadership of the APC in Yobe including Governor Ibrahim Gaidam, sources close to the legislator told Daily Trust. The defection according to sources may not be unconnected with the nomination of Dr. Abdu Bulama as minister, by President Goodluck Jonathan. The lawmaker was a top contender for the post. His close associate Alhaji Ahmad Musa Yellow, said they have since gone far in preparation for Mainasara’s defection to the APC When contacted, the lawmaker confirmed to Daily Trust that he is already holding talks with the APC on the likelihood of his moving to the APC, but declined further comments Mainasara’s defection will increase to the number of APC lawmakers in the House which held a slight majority position at the beginning of the year before the PDP seized back the majority position after many APC Reps defected to the PDP.