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Rep Returns To APC Few Months After Defecting To PDP

Published by Nairaland on Tue, 22 Jan 2019


A member of the House of Representatives, Dickson Tarkighir, who represents Makurdi/Guma has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) just few months after joining the party.<br><br>Mr Tarkighir rejoined the All Progressives Congress, upon whose platform he was elected as member of the House in 2015.<br><br>He was one of the over 30 lawmakers that defected from the APC in 2018.<br><br>His decision to dump the PDP was contained in a letter addressed to the House. The letter was read by the deputy speaker, Yussuf Lassun, at the plenary on Tuesday.<br><br>In the letter, the lawmaker said that politics was local and that he had consulted with the constituents before the decision was reached.<br>The lawmaker, in a failed bid, contested for a return ticket to the House in the just concluded PDP primaries.<br><br>He, however, lost to out with 80 votes to Bem Mzondu who scored 102 votes.<br><br><a href="https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/more-news/307133-just-in-rep-returns-to-apc-few-months-after-defecting-to-pdp.html">https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/more-news/307133-just-in-rep-returns-to-apc-few-months-after-defecting-to-pdp.html</a>
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