Hon. Abok Ayuba
Sacked Plateau Assembly Speaker, Ayuba defects to PDP
Embattled Speaker of Plateau State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Abok Ayuba, has formally defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Saturday.
Rt. Hon. Ayuba, in a statement, issued, Saturday in Jos, through his Media Adviser, Samuel Kaze, declared that he has officially tendered his letter of membership withdrawal to the APC on March 18th, also sending a letter of intent to return to his earlier party, the PDP, at the party’s Local Government Secretariat in Angware, Jos East.
The speaker maintained that his defection was necessary in order to save Plateau State from failed leadership of the APC, which will lead Plateau to a state of total collapse if allowed.
Speaker Abok was purportedly removed by eight out of the 24 lawmakers of the House of Assembly on October 28th.
The two-third requirement for the removal of the speaker is 16 of the 24 members.
Speaker Ayuba has, however, approached the court of law to upturn the perceived illegal impeachment.
