The Peoples Democratic Party on Tuesday regained its majority status in
the House of Representatives following the defection of five members of
the All Progressives Congress to the PDP.
The PDP, which had earlier lost the majority status in the House to the
APC, now has 178 lawmakers to APC’s 168.
Although the APC also gained one member from the PDP on Tuesday, the
latter is now in the majority.
The APC had moved to 172 members on December 19, 2013 after 37 PDP
lawmakers defected to the party.
The APC lawmaker who defected to the PDP on Tuesday were, Mr. Lawan
Shehu-Bichi (Kano); Mr. Abdulsalam Asamu (Kano); Mr. Sani Dangaladima
(Zamfara); Mr. Ibrahim Shehu-Gusua (Zamfara); and Mr. Umar Bature (Sokoto).
The member who defected to the APC from PDP was Isa Ashiru from Kaduna
State.
Speaker of the House, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal, read letters the lawmakers
wrote individually, informing their colleagues of their decision to change
political parties.
Members of the PDP reacted to the development with wild jubilation.
Some members of the party were so excited that they rushed to
Shehu-Gusua and carried him up.
For a few minutes, there was disorderliness on the floor of the lower
chamber as members ran to the Majority Leader, Mrs. Mulikat Akande-Adeola,
scrambling to shake hands with her.
They were also seen congratulating the Deputy Majority Leader, Mr. Leo
Ogor.
Akande-Adeola’s seat was most threatened when the APC had a slim
majority control over the House until the latest development.
The APC came short of effecting a leadership change in the House three
weeks ago but were restrained by the court injunction obtained by the PDP
against change in the leadership of the House.
Jonathan nd PDP kept using our money to bribe this people to defect to PDP nd yet poverty is on increase in d country nd d allocation of states has dropped by 40 percent.Is dis kind of corrupt government Nigerians deserve at d top?
ReplyDeleteI thought u hv lost Raph, still myopic as usual...
ReplyDeleteIf APC accused the PDP of spending the public funds to lure some of their members back to PDP that means APC is a corrupt party because no one can bribe their members to defect to any party if they re in office to serve this country as claimed by APC or if Buhari and Tinubu is also bribe to defect to PDP will they accept the offer?
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