Nasarawa Rep Kana defects to PDP

Member representing Kokona/Keffi/Karu Federal Constituency of Nasarawa State in the House of Representatives, Ishaq Ahmed Kana, has defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

had exclusively reported yesterday that Kana was set to dump the APC following a meeting he had with his coordinators in the various wards of his constituency, where he reportedly said he faced isolation from the party.

Kana who announced his defection in a letter addressed to Speaker Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, read at plenary yesterday, said he was leaving the APC because of “inconsistencies in the party’s activities and ideals” in Nasarawa State.

Speaking to after plenary, Kana said his decision to leave the APC was because he was not taken along in the decisions of the party in his home state of Nasarawa.

He said he was taken aback during the just concluded local government polls in the state where he was “completely isolated” in taking the decisions on how APC could face the elections.

He said as a grassroots politician, he had “no option than to look for a better platform” since he was “ignored in the party’s affairs.”

With Kana’s defection, the number of members of the House who defected to the PDP from the APC in Nasarawa State has risen to three in about three months with others being Reps David Umbugadu and Haruna Kigbu, who left the APC in January.