Eight Rep members defect to APC, PDP

Six members of the House of Representatives from Delta State and their two counterparts from Enugu have announced their defection from their former parties to new political platforms.

While the six members from Delta state announced their defection from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress, the two members from Enugu state swapped the Labour Party for the PDP.

The letters of defection from the members were read on the floor of the House at the resumption of plenary on Tuesday.

The defecting members from Delta were led by the Leader of the Southern regional caucus of the three House and the longest-serving member, Nicholas Mutu (Bomadi), who has been in the House on the platform of the PDP since 1999.