By John Shiklam in Kaduna
The Speaker of Kaduna State House of Assembly, Hon. Aminu Shagalinku, on Wednesday declared vacant, the seats of the former Deputy Speaker of the house, John Audu Kwaturu, and another lawmaker, Junaid Yakubu, who defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Kwaturu and Yakubu who represents Kachia and Kudan state constituencies respectively had defected from the APC on Friday, giving various reasons for their action.
Declaring their seats vacant on the floor of the house, Shagalinku maintained that the defection of the lawmakers was illegal and unconstitutional as there was no faction or crisis in the APC at the state and national levels.
The speaker said the declaration was in line with the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of…
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