The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas has announced the defection of four lawmakers of the Labour Party, LP, to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC today.
Abbas made the announcement after reading letters from the lawmakers at plenary.
The lawmakers are Chinedu Okere (Owerri Municipal/Owerri North/Owerri West Constituency), Mathew Donatus (Kaura Federal Constituency of Kaduna), Akiba Bassey (Calabar Municipal/Odukpani Constituency), and Esosa Iyawe (Oredo Federal Constituency of Edo).
The Labour Party became Nigeria’s third-largest party last year following its impressive performance in the general election coming behind APC and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
The party also won dozens of seats in the federal legislature and many seats in some state houses of assembly.
It also won the governorship election in Abia State.
The party’s performance was largely driven by the popularity of its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, who came third in the presidential election.