On Saturday, November 1, 2025, Mr. Sunday Marshall Katung, the sensor for the Southern Senatorial district, will formally leave the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and join the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Twenty-five years of the zone’s allegiance to the local opposition party will come to an end with the formal defection.
According to reports, Katung’s choice came after weeks of intense discussions with important APC leaders in Kaduna and Abuja, including Governor Uba Sani and members of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s inner circle.
According to observers, it is now more important to connect with the new political realities in Kaduna State rather than party identities.
The media office at the time advised the public to ignore “unfounded rumors” and characterized them as distractions from his legislative responsibilities, while the Senator, barely two weeks prior, had dismissed claims of his defection as mere conjecture and insisted that he remained a devoted PDP member.
Since Nigeria’s return to democracy in 1999, all senators from Kaduna South have emerged under the PDP, according to a source who stated that Southern Kaduna can no longer afford to stay in opposition while development opportunities pass it by. The region has long been seen as the “Southern pillar” of PDP’s strength in Kaduna State.
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