February 12, 2014

The Defection Continues: Five APC Reps Defect To PDP

The defection drama in the House of Representatives was re-enacted on Tuesday as five members of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) decamped to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

However, the PDP also lost one member to the APC. This was after allegations of huge financial inducement from the Presidency hit the defecting members from the PDP.

The Reps’ defection letters were read out at plenary by the Speaker, Aminu Tambuwal. Members from the APC who defected to PDP are – Honourable Lawan Shehu Bichi (Kano), Sani Ibrahim Doruwa (Zamfara), Ibrahim Shehu ( Zamfara) Umar Bature ( Sokoto) and Abdusalam Adamu ( Kano).

Isah Mohammed Ashiru, (PDP Kaduna State) defected to the APC.

Obviously, the current defection would no doubt affect the APC caucus claim to a majority in the House with PDP now having 178 members to APC’s 168.

Tambuwal, who announced the names of the defectors, said that, “I will read the letters communicated to me by my colleagues.”

But the Minority Leader, Femi Gbajabiamila, via a point of Order had protested that the Speaker was spending too much time reading the list of defectors.
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