5 National Assembly Members Leave Labour Party for APC, Full List Emerges

• Five members of the Labour Party (LP) have dumped the party for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)
• Speaker of the house of representatives, Abbas Tajudeen, announced the defections of the lawmakers through letters he read upon resumption of plenary on Thursday, December 5
• The LP lawmakers that defected to APC include Tochukwu Chinedu Okere (Imo), Donatus Matthew (Kaduna), Akiba Bassey (Cross River) and Esosa Iyawe (Edo)

FCT, Abuja - Five Labour Party (LP) house of representatives members have left the party.

As reported by The Cable on Thursday, December 5, the defecting federal lawmakers joined the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

LP loses top chieftains to APC

Vanguard newspaper also noted the development concerning the national assembly members. The new APC members cited divisions within the LP for their party switch.

They are Esosa Iyawe (Edo), Tochukwu Okere (Imo), Donatus Matthew (Kaduna), Bassey Akiba (Cross River), and Daulyop Fom (Plateau).

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Compared to its phenomenal stride in the 2023 elections, the LP did not get a single seat in the 2019 national assembly elections.

With the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, impressively coming third during the 2023 general elections, many had thought that the LP would form a formidable opposition alongside the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against the ruling APC but intra-party squabbles after the general elections have plagued the party.

Check out the names of defecting LP lawmakers below:

1. Esosa Iyawe (Edo)
2. Tochukwu Okere (Imo)
3. Donatus Matthew (Kaduna)
4. Bassey Akiba (Cross River)
5. Daulyop Fom (Plateau)

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Source: Legit.ng