2023: Jonathan’s ex-minister dumps APGA, returns to PDP
2023: Labaran Maku dumps APGA, returns to PDP
The National Secretary of the opposition All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and former Minister of Information , Labaran Maku, has defected to the the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Maku, a former Minister of Information under President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital.
He said his decision to return to the PDP was in response to the yearnings of his people in Nasarawa State.
Maku had defected from the PDP to APGA in 2015 after his unsuccessful attempt to clinch the PDP governorship ticket.
The former Minister contested for his State (Nasarawa) governorship position in 2015 and 2019 on the APGA ticket.
