A former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, on Thursday defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the ruling All Progressives Congress.

This was contained in a statement posted on Facebook by the Special Assistant to President Buhari on Digital and New Media presidential aide, Tolu Ogunlesi.

Ogunlesi disclosed that Fani-Kayode was officially presented to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) by the Chairman, Caretaker Committee of APC and governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

“Today at the State House, Abuja: Somebody has come and joined the APC. And a large-hearted and magnanimous President received him. Because that’s the essential Buhari for you,” he wrote.