Six Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members of the House
of Representatives on Tuesday defected to other political
parties particularly that of the main opposition party, the All
Progressives Congress (APC).
With the latest defections, APC now has 181 members, the
highest number of lawmakers in the House. It is followed
by PDP with 156 members and other political parties, 23
members.
NAN reports that the membership of the House released on
January 14 after the defection of 10 lawmakers to various
political parties showed that APC had 179 members, PDP,
162 while other parties had 19.
The Speaker, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, who also dumped the
PDP for APC announced the defection of the members
during the House’s plenary in Abuja.
The members who defected are Micah Umoh and Robinson
Uwak, both from Akwa Ibom, who defected from Accord
Party to All Progressives Alliance (APC), respectively, and
Ibrahim Garba from Jigawa, who defected to APC.
Others are Tobias Okwuru and Peter Ali, both from Ebonyi,
to Labour Party, and Chinenye Ike from Abia, to All
Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA).
Based on this development, the Deputy Minority Leader,
Abdulrahman Kawu (Kano), raised a point of order, saying
that APC members should occupy the positions of House
Leader and Deputy House Leader.
Similarly, Kawu said the positions of the Chief Whip and
Deputy Chief Whip should also be occupied by the APC in
accordance with the rules of the House.
However, the Speaker, Aminu Tambuwal, ruled that the
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