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APC is a political club — PDP

Defection: ‘Joining APC is like going into a tunnel’, South East PDP leaders react

Buhari describes Umahi’s defection as bold move based on principles



Ogun gov shelves planned defection, drums support for Abiodun


Defection: Court asked to declare Govs Ortom, Tambuwal, Ahmed’s seats vacant

PDP: Defection looms as govs sideline national legislators

Where is national interest in all defection?


Defection won’t solve your problems, cleric tells politicians

Defection: Is it for personal interest or public?



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DEFECTION: Akpabio stabbed us in the back—SEN URHOGHIDE
CHAIRMAN, Senate Committee on Public Accounts, Senator Matthew Urhoghide has described the defection move by Senator Godswill Akpabio from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC, as a stab in the back of those who supported him to be elected as the Minority Leader in the Senate.

Defection: No cover for corrupt politicians — Lai Mohammed
Federal Government said, yesterday, that no amount of defection from opposition parties to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, will shield any corrupt politician from investigation and prosecution by anti-graft agencies.

Illegality of impeachment and defection by legislators by Femi Falana, SAN.
The crisis of misgovernance in the country has been accentuated by the official impunity of members of the ruling class. Hence, the executive is justifying disobedience of court orders while legislators regularly suspend their colleagues and carry out impeachment of Governors outside the ambit of the Constitution. Even though it has been decided by the Court of Appeal that a legislative house lacks the power to suspend a legislator both chambers of the national assembly and state legislative houses have continued to suspend members who disagree with their colleagues.

2019: Defections meant to strengthen us – PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dismissed insinuations in some quarters that the recent wave of defections into the party may sow seeds of discord within its ranks, nothing that the PDP has further been strengthen with the return of some highly profile defectors last week.

Defection: Will APC survive internal cracks?
It was one hell of a week for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) following the defection of its high-profile members into the main opposition political party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

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