PDP Regains Majority In House Of Reps As 5 APC Members Defect TO PDP

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.

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Chris Kehinde Nwandu is the Editor In Chief of CKNNEWS || He is a Law graduate and an Alumnus of Lagos State University, Lead City University Ibadan and Nigerian Institute Of Journalism || With over 2 decades practice in Journalism, PR and Advertising, he is a member of several Professional bodies within and outside Nigeria || Member: Institute Of Chartered Arbitrators ( UK ) || Member : Institute of Chartered Mediators And Conciliation || Member : Nigerian Institute Of Public Relations || Member : Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria || Fellow : Institute of Personality Development And Customer Relationship Management || Member and Chairman Board Of Trustees: Guild Of Professional Bloggers of Nigeria

3 Comments

  1. 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?

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  2. I thought u hv lost Raph, still myopic as usual...

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  3. If 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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