House Speaker, Yakubu Dogara
Malik Yahya/
Thirty seven members of the House of Representatives from the All Progressives Congress (APC), have defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and African Democratic Congress (ADC)
The members in a letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, officially announced their defection during today’s plenary.
Top on the list of the defectors is the Chairman Committee on Rules and Business Rep. Emmanuel Orker-Jev (Benue).
Of the 37 defectors, 33 went to the PDP while four others from Oyo state moved to ADC.
Other prominent members who dumped the APC include: Sani Rano, Barry Mpigi, Ali madaki, Dickson Tackighir, Hassan Saleh, Danburam Nuhu, Mark Gbilah, Razak Atunwa, Ahmed Garba Bichi, Abdulsamad Dasuk and Zakari Mohammed.
This is coming after 14 senators in the Senate dumped the APC for PDP and another defected to ADC earlier today.
The defection in the house of representatives reportedly threw the chamber into a rowdy session.
Details shortly….
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