JUST IN: Four Labour Party reps defect to APC
Four Labour Party members in the House of Representatives on Thursday defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
The four LP members that defected on the floor of the House are from Kaduna, Imo, Edo and Cross River States.
Speaker Abbas Tajudeen announced the defection on the floor of the House.
The lawmakers are Chinedu Okere (Owerri Municipal/Owerri North/Owerri West Constituency); Mathew Donatus (Kaura Federal Constituency of Kaduna); Akiba Bassey (Calabar Municipal/Odukpani Constituency); and Esosa Iyawe (Oredo Federal Constituency of Edo).