Tuesday 16 December 2014

Ten House Of Reps Members Defect Across Party Lines

With less than four months to the end of the 7thNational Assembly, ten
members of the House of Representatives on Tuesday defected from their
respective parties to others.

Speaker Aminu Tambuwal read out the announcement of the defectors at
plenary today.

Five lawmakers from Ogun State - Babatunde Ogunola (Ado-odo/Ota),
Adekunle Adeyemi (Ifo Ewekoro), Olumide Osoba (Abeokuta North/
Obafemi- Owode/Odeda), Abiodun Abudu-Balogun (Ogun Waterside/Ijebu
North /East) and Taofik Buraimoh (Remo Federal Constituency) - moved
from the All Progressives Congress, APC, to the Social Democratic
Party, SDP.

While four members - Isau Mohammed (Adamawa) Ibrahim El Sudi,
(Taraba,) Jagaba Adams, (kaduna) Herman Hembe (Benue) - also moved
from the People's Democratic Party, PDP to APC.

The only defecting female, Aisha Ahmed Dahiru (Adamawa, Yola
North/South, Girei), moved from the PDP to People's Democratic
Movement, PDM.

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