{"id":176068,"date":"2025-08-25T22:14:50","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T21:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/three-state-assembly-lawmakers-defect-to-pdp-in-taraba"},"modified":"2025-08-25T23:21:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T22:21:12","slug":"three-state-assembly-lawmakers-defect-to-pdp-in-taraba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/three-state-assembly-lawmakers-defect-to-pdp-in-taraba","title":{"rendered":"Three State Assembly lawmakers defect to PDP in Taraba"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Three lawmakers in the Taraba State House of Assembly have officially defected to the ruling People\u2019s Democratic Party, PDP, citing the developmental achievements of governor Agbu Kefas as a key reason for their decision.<\/p>\n<p>The defection was announced on Monday, during sitting, when the Speaker of the House, John Kizito Bonzena, read letters submitted by the lawmakers.<\/p>\n<p>The defected members are Umar Adamu Abdullahi representing Jalingo I Constituency, formerly of the New Nigeria People\u2019s Party, NNPP, the representing Ibi Constituency, formerly of the NNPP, Zakaria Sanusi, and Anas Shaibu, representing Karim II Constituency ,formerly of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA.<\/p>\n<p>In their separate letters, the lawmakers explained that their move followed extensive consultations with their constituents.<\/p>\n<p>They pointed to the performance and leadership style of governor Kefas as a major influence, expressing a desire to align with the PDP to better serve their communities and contribute to the state\u2019s development.<\/p>\n<p>While acknowledging the support they received from their former parties, the lawmakers stated that their defection would enhance their ability to fulfill their legislative responsibilities.<\/p>\n<p>Welcoming the defectors, the Speaker assured them of full support from the PDP and the House, emphasizing unity and collaboration for the benefit of the state.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Three lawmakers in the Taraba State House of Assembly have officially defected to the ruling People\u2019s Democratic Party, PDP, citing the developmental achievements of governor Agbu Kefas as a key reason for their decision. The defection was announced on Monday, during sitting, when the Speaker of the House, John Kizito Bonzena, read [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":176067,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,16],"tags":[254,65,3685],"class_list":["post-176068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","tag-nigeria","tag-pdp","tag-taraba"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Three State Assembly lawmakers defect to PDP in Taraba - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Three lawmakers in the Taraba State House of Assembly have officially defected to the ruling People\u2019s Democratic Party, ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/three-state-assembly-lawmakers-defect-to-pdp-in-taraba\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Three State Assembly lawmakers defect to PDP in Taraba\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Three lawmakers in the Taraba State House of Assembly have officially defected to the ruling People\u2019s Democratic Party, ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/three-state-assembly-lawmakers-defect-to-pdp-in-taraba\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-25T21:14:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-25T22:21:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1756148034.636013.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/three-state-assembly-lawmakers-defect-to-pdp-in-taraba#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/three-state-assembly-lawmakers-defect-to-pdp-in-taraba\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Three State Assembly lawmakers defect to PDP in Taraba\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-25T21:14:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-25T22:21:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/three-state-assembly-lawmakers-defect-to-pdp-in-taraba\"},\"wordCount\":226,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/three-state-assembly-lawmakers-defect-to-pdp-in-taraba#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1756148034.636013.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\",\"PDP\",\"taraba\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/three-state-assembly-lawmakers-defect-to-pdp-in-taraba#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/three-state-assembly-lawmakers-defect-to-pdp-in-taraba\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/three-state-assembly-lawmakers-defect-to-pdp-in-taraba\",\"name\":\"Three State Assembly lawmakers defect to PDP in Taraba - 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