23 aggrieved PDP Reps threaten to defect to APC

TWENTY-THREE House of Representatives members under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) may soon defect to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), it was learnt yesterday.

The lawmakers are aggrieved by alleged plans by their state governors to substitute them with “anointed candidates”.

The soon-to-be-defectors became uncomfortable with alleged manipulations by the governors in their states to block them from returning to the Green Chamber after the expiration of their tenure next year.

A source said the aggrieved lawmakers are set to announce their defection immediately after resumption.

The Nation, September 12, 2018

 

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