Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State has resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to join the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.

Sources at the Zamfara Government House, Gusau, revealed that Governor Lawal has formally resigned from the PDP and selected the APC as his new political platform.

Although, the governor is yet to make an official public declaration, the Deputy Governor, Mani Mumuni, on Monday addressed PDP stakeholders while chanting the slogan of the APC.

The defection decision may follow Monday's judgement by the Court of Appeal which upheld an earlier ruling of Federal High Court, Abuja, restraining the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, from validating the PDP national convention held in Ibadan.

Our Correspondent, Nnabuchi Okey Nnabuchi, had earlier reported that the Zamfara State Governor was weighing his political options due to the lingering leadership crisis in the PDP at the national level; and was awaiting the outcome of the Appeal Court ruling before making a final decision.