Legal battle looms as Labour Party sues defecting lawmakers, NASS leadership

The Labour Party (LP), on Thursday, vowed to take legal action against six members of the House of Representatives who recently defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The party maintains that these legislators have unjustly betrayed their constituents and the platform that secured their election, and should therefore lose their seats as mandated by the Constitution.

In a scathing response to the defection of Hon. Akangbe Illiya, the representative for Jos South/Jos East Federal Constituency, LP’s National Publicity Secretary, Obiora Ifoh, condemned the action and reaffirmed the party’s stance.