- Five members of the Labour Party (LP) have dumped the party for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)
- Speaker of the house of representatives, Abbas Tajudeen, announced the defections of the lawmakers through letters he read upon resumption of plenary on Thursday, December 5
- The LP lawmakers that defected to APC include Tochukwu Chinedu Okere (Imo), Donatus Matthew (Kaduna), Akiba Bassey (Cross River) and Esosa Iyawe (Edo)
FCT, Abuja – Five Labour Party (LP) house of representatives members have left the party.
As reported by The Cable on Thursday, December 5, the defecting federal lawmakers joined the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
