House of Reps has more of APC members, yesterday six PDP members from House of Representatives moved to another political party. According to Channels TVAPC now has clear majority in the House of Reps.
The lawmakers that left PDP to APC are- Robinson Uwak (Akwa-Ibom) and Mohammed Ibrahim (Jigawa), from PDP to Labour Party are- Tobias Okwurio Chukwuemeka (Ebonyi) and Peter Ali (Ebonyi), From PDP to APGA are- Akpan Umoh (Akwa-Ibom) defected to Accord Party while Chineyen Eke (Abia).
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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