Reps in jubilation as they anticipate mass defection in House

It was jubilation galore for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members of the House of Representatives on Tuesday on hearing the defection that took place at the Senate.

Senator Dino Melaye, Rabiu Kwakwanso and 13 others had earlier on Tuesday dumped the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for the PDP.

On hearing the news, PDP Rep members led by Mr. Chukwuka Onyema, who has been the acting Minority Leader in the absence of Leo Ogor, went gaga in jubilation singing and dancing anti-APC songs in the lobby of the National Assembly building.

In anticipation of a similar development in the House, the PDP lawmakers taunted the Majority Leader, Femi Gbajabiamila, who they said would soon become the minority leader.

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Among the songs the lawmakers chanted while waiting for the commencement of the day’s plenary was “Oh my home, Oh! My home …”, a song Senator Dino Melaye recently reenacted to signal his eventual departure from APC.

On citing Speaker Yakubu Dogara as he arrived, the lawmakers shouted, “Dogara”; “Dogara”; “Dogara.”

Its expected that many APC Rep members may also dump the APC soon.

 

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