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Ibrahim Murtala, a house of representatives member from Katsina state, has defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Murtala who represents Musawa/Matazu federal constituency, decamped from the ruling party during plenary on Tuesday.

The lawmaker did not give his reasons for leaving the party, in his letter of defection read by Yakubu Dogara, speaker of the house.

He is the first lawmaker to dump the ruling party in the state — where President Muhammadu Buhari hails from.

There has been frequent defections in the lower legislative chamber, especially by aggrieved politicians regarding the 2019 elections.