On Saturday, November 1, 2025, Mr. Sunday Marshall Katung, the sensor for the Southern Senatorial district, will formally leave the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to join the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
The zone’s 25-year allegiance to the local opposition party would 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, such as Governor Uba Sani and members of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s inner circle.
According to observers, it is now more important to connect with Kaduna State’s new political realities rather than party identities.
The media office at the time advised the public to ignore “unfounded rumours” and characterized them as distractions from his legislative responsibilities, while the Senator, barely two weeks prior, had dismissed stories of his defection as mere conjecture and insisted that he remained a devoted PDP member.
According to a source, Southern Kaduna can no longer afford to stay in opposition while opportunities for development pass it by. Since Nigeria’s return to democracy in 1999, all of the senators from Kaduna South have joined the PDP because the area has long been seen as the “Southern pillar” of the PDP’s power in Kaduna State.
Don’t Miss Six Lawmakers from the PDP and LP
