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PDP Rep members in jubilation
Members of the House of Representatives elected on the platform of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) were in ecstasy on Wednesday.
Their joy followed the defection of the House committee chairman on Interior, Adams Jagaba, from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to PDP.
Jagaba, from Kaduna State, announced his defection on the floor of the House in Abuja.
Members of the PDP caucus in the House, who could not hold back their joy at the development were thrown into jubilation following the defection.
READ ALSO : Exodus begins as Dino Melaye defects to PDP
The news came just as Sen Dino Melaye also on Wednesday defected to the PDP at the Senate.
These happened just as a lawmaker representing Obudu Constituency in the Cross River State House of Assembly, Mr. Steven Ukpukpen, was reported to have slumped during his morning workout along Moore Road in Calabar.
He was later pronounced dead.
Ukpukpen was taken to a nearby Navy clinic, which said his condition was critical and needed more attention as it was advised that he should be transferred to another hospital.
After being transferred to another hospital, the lawmaker was confirmed dead by the private hospital and later on by The Anatomy Unit of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital,
The speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly Mr. John Gaul-Lebo, expressed his shock and sympathy in a meeting with the family of the deceased.
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