Member representing Orumba North/Orumba South Federal Constituency, Anambra State, in the House of Representatives, Chinwe Nnabuife, has defected from the Young Progressives Party (YPP) to the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).
  
Her defection was announced on the floor of the House yesterday, in a letter read by the Deputy Speaker, Benjamin Kalu, who presided over plenary.   The legislator attributed her defection to her exclusion from the activities of the party. She added that she joined APGA after extensive consultation with her constituency.
 
She said her decision to move to APGA was because her new party aligns with her vision and aspirations for her constituency.  Nnabuife’s defection comes barely nine days after two members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). 

Kalu subsequently joked that he would have invited Nnabuife to shake hands with him if she had switched to APC. The House has seen a wave of defection in recent weeks. Last week, two lawmakers, including Hussein Jallo, a federal lawmaker representing the Igabi Federal Constituency, Kaduna State, in the House of Representatives and Adamu Tanko, representing Gurara/Suleja/Tafa, have both defected from the opposition PDP to the APC. 
 
Both legislators cited ongoing “party crisis and internal divisions” within the PDP as their reason for leaving, stating that the instability has hindered their ability to effectively perform their constitutional duties to their constituents.