Breaking: Famous southwest lawmaker dumps Labour Party, reason emerges

• Labour Party Senator Ezenwo Onyewuchi, has announced his defection to the ruling APC in Imo state
• Senate President, Godswill Akpabio confirmed Onyewuchi's defection to the APC in a letter read on the floor of the Senate on Tuesday
• Legit.ng report that Senator Onyewuchi was a member of the PDP but officially defected to the Labour Party in 2022

Legit.ng journalist Esther Odili has over two years of experience covering political parties and movements.

Ezenwa Onyewuchi, the senator representing Imo East in the National Assembly and a member of the Labour Party (LP), has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Senator Ezenwa Onyewuchi is officially an APC member. Photo credit: Sen Onyewuchi Francis Ezenwa (Senator Francis ezenwa)
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Imo lawmaker dumps LP, joins APC

Onyewuchi’s defection letter was read on the floor of the red chamber by Senate President Godswill Akpabio on Tuesday, July 23.

As reported by The Cable, Hope Uzodimma, governor of Imo and chair of the Progressives Governors Forum (PGF), was in the chamber when the letter was read.

The Imo senator based his communication on Section 68(1g) of the constitution.

“This decision is due to the intractable division and crisis in the Labour Party that sponsored the earlier election into the Nigerian Senate,” his letter reads.“The communication is therefore made pursuant to Section 68(1g) of the constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria 1999 as amended.“Imo state and the entirety of the south-east remain united under the leadership of our performing governor, his excellency, Hope Uzodimma.”

As reported by Channels TV, Akpabio, therefore, directed the sergeant-at-arms to hand Onyewuchi a new seat on the aisle of the majority lawmakers.

The number of LP senators in the upper legislative chamber is now five.

PDP, ADP members dump party for APC in Osun

Similarlyy, Legit.ng reported that the PDP in Osun state has lost some of its members to the opposition party, the APC

Hundreds of the PDP members, as well as Action Democratic Party (ADP) members, dumped their party for the APC

The PDP defectors, led by former local government scribe Alimi Surajudeen, hinged their decision to leave the party on neglect by Governor Ademola Adeleke

Source: Legit.ng