JUST IN; Four Labour Party House of Reps members defect to APC

JUST IN; Four Labour Party House of Reps members defect to APC

Four Members of the Labour Party (LP) in the House of Representatives has defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), causing a significant shift in the party.

On Thursday, Speaker Abbas Tajudeen officially announced the defections, which represent a geographical spread across Nigeria.

The lawmakers making the move include Chinedu Okere from Owerri Municipal/Owerri North/Owerri West Constituency in Imo State, Mathew Donatus from Kaura Federal Constituency in Kaduna, Akiba Bassey from Calabar Municipal/Odukpani Constituency in Cross River, and Esosa Iyawe from Oredo Federal Constituency in Edo.