Nigeria, Oct. 19 -- Immediate-past Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State, Babatunde Mohammed, has dumped the party for the African Democratic Congress (ADC).

Mr Mohammed, who served as the Speaker of the state House of Assembly between 2009 and 2011 as a PDP member, said his former party has become hopeless, hence his resolve to opt out.

The politician said he had paid his due in his former party with his membership dating back to 2002.

Mr Mohammed said when others including leaders of the PDP in the state defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the past, he chose to remain in the PDP on account of his loyalty to the party.

"Even though the reasons I dumped the PDP were personal, I have been in the P...