El-Rufai’s son, four other reps defect to new parties

The son of a former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, Bello El-Rufai, has defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to African Democratic Congress (ADC).
El-Rufai’s defection was announced by the Speaker, Abbas Tajudeen, during plenary on Thursday.
Tajudeen said that El-Rufai was joining ADC, alongside two Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmakers from Kaduna State — Umar Ajilo and Suleiman Richifa.
The speaker also announced the defection of Kamilu Ado, a lawmaker from Kano State, from ADC to Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC).
He equally announced the resignation of Joshua Obika, representing AMAC/Bwari Federal Constituency of the Federal Capital Territory, from APC to NDC.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that all the affected members cited internal crises and uncertainty within their former parties as reasons for their defections.



