The Labour Party on Thursday lost five of its members at the House of Representatives to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The letter of defection of the lawmakers to the APC was read on the Green Chamber floor by the Speaker, Tajudeen Abbas.
According to the Speaker of the House, the names of the defectors include: Tochukwu Okere (Imo), Donatus Mathew (Kaduna), Bassey Akiba (Cross River), Iyawe Esosa (Edo) and Daulyop Fom (Plateau), whom all have defected from the Labour Party to the All Progressives Congress.
Our report also gathered that one of the now defected lawmakers justified the decision to leave the Labour Party to the APC.
“You cannot just work on the decision of the people at the constituency level because you are dealing with people with different levels of understanding.”
“I am taking this decision based on conviction. That is why whether you like it or not, there are people within the constituency who are convinced that it (defection) is the right decision for them. There are those who are skeptical waiting for the outcome,” he said.
It is unclear if the decision has anything to do with the crisis embroiling the Labour Party internally.
