Fresh PDP, LP defections to APC as opposition parties battle internal crises
one year agoActing Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Illiya Damagun (right); State Governors, Bala Mohammed (Bauchi); Seyi Makinde (Oyo); Dauda Lawal (Zamfara); Caleb Mutfwang (Plateau); former Senate President, Bukola Saraki; Senator Abba Moro; Senator Ahmed Makarfi, and others during the opening ceremony of a meeting between the INEC and PDP at the INEC headquarters in Abuja, yesterday. PHOTO: LUCY LADIDI ATEKO
The opposition in the House of Representatives suffered another blow yesterday as two lawmakers defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress. The switch came as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), following a closed-door meeting with the Independent National Electoral Commission ....