The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday received three new members in the House of Representatives, following the defection of two lawmakers from the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and one from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, read out the formal notices of defection during plenary.
The NNPP lawmakers who switched allegiance to the APC are Hon. Kabiru Usman and Hon. Abdullahi Sani, representing Rano/Bunkure/Kibiya and Karaye/Rogo Federal Constituencies respectively, both from Kano State.
In their separate letters, the lawmakers cited ongoing internal wrangling within the NNPP as the reason for their decision to abandon the party.
Similarly, Hon. Oluwole Oke, who represents Oriade/Obokun Federal Constituency in Osun State, also officially announced his move to the APC.
The defections received a boost with the presence of the APC National Chairman, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, who attended the session in a show of support for the new entrants.
