A member of the House of Representatives from Plateau State, Hon. Alfred Ajang elected under the platform of the Labour Party (LP) has defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Ajang who represents Jos South/Jos East federal constituency announced his defection in a letter read by Speaker Abbas Tajudeen at plenary of the House of Representatives on Thursday.
This follows the earlier defection of the member the representing Barkin Ladi/Riyom federal constituency of Plateau State, Hon. Dalyop Chollom from the Labour Party to APC on Tuesday.
Didactic Information Hut reports that Ajang’s defection makes the number of Labour Party lawmakers that have dumped their party for APC within one week to six, as four members of the opposition party including Tochukwu Okere (Imo), Donatus Mathew (Kaduna), Bassey Akiba (Cross River), and Iyawe Esosa (Edo) earlier defected to the ruling APC since last week Thursday.
On why he defected, Ajang cited the crisis in Labour Party and need for realignment with the national development agenda of the APC under the leadership of former President Muhammadu Buhari and now President Bola Tinubu as his reasons for joining the ruling party.
He also explained that the defection was informed by his admiration for the infrastructural and economic development strides of the APC-led federal government and the need to replicate same in his constituency.
He also blamed his defection on what he called limited influence of his former party in the governance structure.
Meanwhile, opposition party members kicked against the recent defection, describing it as unconstitutional.