other political parties yesterday Feb. 17th, the APC now has
clear majority in the House of Reps according to a report by
Channels TV.
The lawmakers, Robinson Uwak (Akwa-Ibom) and Mohammed
Ibrahim (Jigawa) defected to the APC, Tobias Okwurio
Chukwuemeka (Ebonyi) and Peter Ali (Ebonyi) moved to the
Labour Party, Akpan Umoh (Akwa-Ibom) defected to Accord
Party while Chineyen Eke (Abia) defected to APGA.
With the defections, the total number of APC members in the
lower chamber now stands at 181 while the PDP members in the
house is 156. Other parties in the house now share 23 seats,
with SDP occupying 10, the Labour Party five, APGA four, PDM
two, and the Accord Party two seats.
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