Another wave of defection has hit the house of
representatives, barely a week after two lawmakers in the green chamber
switched parties.
At plenary on Wednesday, both Hassan Omale and Mohammed Soba
announced their resignation from Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and All
Progressives Congress (APC) respectively.
While Omale who is from Kogi state said he was joining
Action Democratic Party (ADP), Soba from Kaduna state did not disclose his new
party.
The lawmakers announced their defection in separate letters
read by Yakubu Dogara, speaker of the house.
They cited divisions and issues in their parties as reasons
for their decision to leave.
Last week, the two major political parties – PDP and APC –
lost a member each in the lower legislative chamber.
Most of recent defectors, including some 37 lawmakers who
switched political parties in July, gave divison in their parties as reasons
for leaving.
Meanwhile, Dogara has declared the seat of late Olufunke
Adedoyin, who, until her death, represented Ekiti/Irepodun constituency of
Kwara state, vacant.
The speaker declared the seat vacant in line with the provisions of the 1999 constitution.
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