A
member of the House of Representatives from Benue State, has defected
from the People's Democratic Party, PDP, to the ruling All Progressives
Congress, APC.
National Assembly, Abuja
A member of the House of Representatives from Benue State, Hassan Anthony, has defected from the
A People’s Democratic Party (PDP) member of the Federal House of
Representatives, Hassan Anthony, who represents Ado/Ogbadibo/Okpokwu
constituency in Benue State, has dumped his party and defected to the
ruling All Progressives Congress (APC_.
According to Premium Times, Anthony’s defection was announced on the floor of the House at the start of Wednesday’s plenary.
In a swift reaction over the defection, Nicholas Ossai (PDP-Delta)
raised a point of order, urging the speaker to declare Hassan’s seat
vacant.
“The Court of Appeal has on 17th February declared Modu Sheriff the
authentic Chairman of the PDP, therefore there is no faction in the
PDP,” Ossai said.
But his argument did not see the light of the day as he was ruled
out by the Speaker, telling him to bring a copy of the Court of Appeal
judgement.
The defection of Hassan to APC has brought the number of APC representatives to 226 and that of PDP to 124.