Senator Lawal Yahaya Gumau of the New Nigerian People’s Party (NNPP) representing Bauchi South senatorial district has defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) just days after the Presidential and National Assembly elections.
Gumau, a former member of the House of Representatives representing the Toro Federal Constituency, ran for and was elected to the Senate on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
However, after failing to secure the APC ticket to contest the Senate seat in the 2023 general elections, he defected to the NNPP and was given the ticket after a squabble with the current Member of the House of Representatives representing Bauchi Federal Constituency, Yakubu Shehu.