Just In: Top PDP Lawmaker Quits Party, Silent on Next Line of Action

By Rita Elenwo

Deputy Minority Whip of the House of Representatives, Fatima Binta Bello on Thursday tendered her resignation as member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

In a letter dated October 5, 2023 and addressed to the chairman of the party in the Shongom ward, Shongom LGA of Gombe State, Binta conveyed her decision to quit the Party.

She was however silent on her reasons for quitting the PDP and neither did she indicate her intention to move to another political party.

Binta thanked the entire body and leadership of the party, noting that the decision to quit the party was hard, but was taken after a wide consultation with her associates.

The letter read in part: “I am writing to tender my resignation from Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with immediate effect. Attached herewith, I am also sending in my PDP Membership card”

Binta was a former deputy chairman of Shongom local government council and commissioner during the Goje’s led administration.

She was in the House for eight years, representing Kaltungo/Shongom constituency in Gombe State, and served as deputy minority whip of the lower chamber in the 8th assembly