A member of the Ogun State House of Assembly representing Ijebu North Constituency I, Rasheed Kashamu, has defected from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC.

Announcing his defection on Monday on the floor of the House, Kashamu cited irreconcilable differences and divisions that have polarised the opposition party at the state and national levels.

The Speaker of the House, Oludaisi Elemide, while reading his letter at plenary, said the lawmaker formally notified the House of his resignation from the PDP and his decision to join the APC, citing factional disputes at the national level and leadership tussles at the state level as reasons for his defection.

According to the lawmaker, he aligned his decision with his resolve to join other progressives in the state to support Governor Dapo Abiodun’s strides under the ISEYA Agenda and the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Tinubu.

“After a review of the current state of affairs of the PDP at the national level, with factions and unresolved leadership crises, and as someone who rode on the pro-people legacy and support of my constituents in Ijebu North I State Constituency, I have agreed with my leaders and teeming supporters that we should move en masse into the APC.

“So, in order to bring our winning formula in Ijebu North I into the APC and fully support Mr Governor’s ISEYA Agenda, as well as the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, alongside my teeming supporters, we are now members of the APC.

“I have since joined the APC at my ward in Oke Sopen, Ijebu-Igbo, Ijebu North Local Government Area of Ogun State, and I am ready to contribute my quota to further strengthen the ruling party and entrench good governance across the state,” he said.

He informed the House that he had joined the APC at his Oke Sopen Ward, Ijebu-Igbo, Ijebu North Local Government Area, alongside his supporters from across Ijebu North.