On Tuesday, two members of the House of Representatives announced their defection during a plenary.
Aliyu Datti Yau from Kano State defected from the People’s Democratic Party to All Progressives Congress (APC). Shiddi Usman Danjuma from Taraba State defected from All Progressives Grand Alliance to the APC.
The Speaker, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, read the letters of defection to members on the floor.
Point of order were jointly raised by the Minority Leader, Ndudi Elumelu; and Deputy Minority Leader, Toby Okechukwu, to faut the defections.
The two lawmakers argued that the reason cited by the lawmakers for their defections, which was that there were crises and divisions in their former parties were untrue and invalid.
However, the Speaker dismissed the protests by the opposition leaders.
He disclosed that Yau’s defection made all the 24 members from Kano to be in APC.
