Another Rep Member, Senator Defect To APC, PDP

The news reaching the OSUNREPORTERS NEWS has it that member of the House of Representatives representing Tai/Eleme/Oyigbo Federal Constituency of Rivers State, Promise Chisom Dike, defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

….. According to the report, his defection was announced through a letter he addressed to the Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, which was read during plenary on Thursday.

…..The lawmaker claimed in his letter that he defected from the PDP as a result of the crisis and division in the party in Rivers State.

……..While describing Gbajabiamila’s leadership as accommodating, Dike said he is “Finally home”, adding that the APC was the right party for him.

……However, Ossai Nicholas Ossai (PDP, Delta), interjected, saying that there was no evidence to the defected lawmaker’s claims, adding that the lawmaker should have informed the House ahead with clear evidence as he claimed in his letter.

……However, the Speaker ruled him out of order, saying that any member who is not satisfied can challenge the defection in Court.

…..It could be recalled that another member from Rivers State, Ephraim Nwuzi, had earlier defected from the PDP to the APC in 2020.

……Dike’s defection brought to two Rivers State House of Representatives members who have defected from the PDP to the APC.

In another development, a former federal lawmaker, Shehu Sani, has joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

……Sani, who represented Kaduna Central in the 8th Senate, dumped the All Progressives Congress (APC) before the 2019 general elections.

……He contested the 2019 senatorial election under the platform of Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), but resigned his membership of the party few months ago.

……Sani’s resignation letter dated July 9, 2021, and addressed to the PRP chairman in ward six, Tudun Wada area of Kaduna State.

….“I wish to formally notify you of my decision to step aside from the Peoples Redemption Party. This notice takes effect from today. I hope we shall continue to relate in the spirit of our struggle, our shared history, and our common ideological principles. Accept the best wishes of my highest regard,” he explained.