Son of late Senator Buruji Kashamu, Hon Rasheed Kashamu, has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun State.

Kashamu representing Ijebu North 1 State Constituency, announced his defection in a letter read by the Speaker of the House, Oludaisi Elemide during the plenary held at the Assembly complex, Oke Mosan Abeokuta, on Monday.

The Speaker, while reading the letter at the floor of the House, said the lawmaker formally notified the House of his resignation from the People’s Democratic Party and his decision to join the APC.

He was said to have cited factional disputes at the national level and leadership tussles at the state level as reasons for his defection.

Kashamu cited his constituent’s desire and call on him not to allow the local government to suffer as some of the reasons for his defection.

“I have consulted widely with my constituents, including all stakeholders, traditional rulers and my people who gave me the go-ahead to announce my defection at the floor of the house,” he said.

The lawmaker said he aligned his decision to join hands with other progressives in the State to support Governor Dapo Abiodun’s strides under Iseya Agenda and the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

According to him, “after a review of the current state of affairs with 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 1 state consistency, I have agreed with my leaders and teeming supporters that we should move enmass into the APC in order to bring our wining formula in Ijebu North 1 into APC and fully support Mr Governor’s ISEYA agenda as well as the Renewed Hope Agenda of the President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR

“I have since joined the APC at my ward in Oke Sopen, Ijebu Igbo, Ijebu North Local Government Area of Ogun State”

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