The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has suffered a tsunami in Nasarawa State as its former youth leader, Hon. Jacob Alebura, led many members of the party into the opposition Labour Party (LP).
The development consequently boosted the chances of the gubernatorial candidate of the Labour Party, Hon. Jonathan Gbefwi Gaza.
Hon. Gaza is the chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Solid Minerals and currently represents Karu/Keffi/Kokona federal constituency of Nasarawa State in the National Assembly.
Hon. Alebura, in a letter of intent to join the Labour Party made available to newsmen in Abuja on Thursday, said he had officially joined LP and had registered himself as a full member of the party under the Doma Local Government Area structure.
According to him, ‘I’m writing to formally express my intent to join the Labour Party LP and to officially register myself as a full member of the Labour Party, under the Doma Local government area structure Nasarawa state, effective from today.
‘I’m committed to upholding the ideals, values and constitution of the Labour Party and I look forward to actively participating in the activities of the party at the ward level, towards building a stronger, more inclusive, and people-oriented political movement gfor the progress of our community and our nation’, the letter read.
It would be recalled that Hon. Alebura had on September 19, 2026, officially resigned from the PDP, citing marginalisation by the party leaders and stakeholders as well as the unending crisis between him and the chairman of the party in Doma Local Government Area.
The defectors were received into the Labour Party by the state party chairman and the leadership in Doma Local Government Area, as well as the stakeholders of the party.