Thirty seven members of the House of Representatives formerly in the fold of the All Progressive Congress (APC) on Tuesday dumped the party and moved to the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) and African Democratic Congress (ADC).
The defections came barely hours after 14 senators dumped the APC for PDP . The Representatives, through a letter read by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, officially announced their defection during plenary.
Top on the list of the defectors is the Chairman of the Committee on Rules and Business, Rep. Emmanuel Orker-Jev (Benue).
Other prominent members who dumped the APC include Sani Zoro, Barry Mpigi, Ali Madaki, Dickson Tackighir, Hassan Saleh, Danburam Nuhu, Mark Gbilah, Razak Atunwa, Ahmed Garba Bichi, Abdulsamad Dasuki and Zakari Mohammed.
The defection in the House of Representatives threw the chamber into a rowdy session as the remaining members of the APC in the House staged a walkout from plenary to address newsmen.
Of the 37 decampees, 33 switched allegiance to the PDP while four others from Oyo State moved to the ADC.
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