Reps Deputy Speaker, Lasun, remains in APC – Aide

The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yusuf Lasun (APC, Osun), remains “a loyal member of the All Progressives Congress (APC),” his media aide, Wole Oladimeji told journalists in Abuja on Sunday.

Oladimeji said the press statement was to dispel rumours suggesting that the Deputy Speaker had ditched the APC for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

“The defection rumor is highly misleading, uncalled-for,” the statement said, adding that, “Lasun has said it repeatedly that he is a progressive to the core and remains in APC as a loyal party man.”

“This is the machination of his political detractors who are bent on maligning his political image.”

It noted that Lasun had, at several occasions, publicly condemned the direct primary, which was now causing disaffection among APC loyalists in the country.