The member representing Jos South and East Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Alfred Iliya Ajang, has officially defected from the Labour Party (LP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC), citing a leadership crisis in the LP.
In a letter read by the Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas, during plenary on Thursday, Ajang said he decided to leave the party on whose platform he got to the House because of the crisis rocking the party.
Hon. Ajang’s defection to the APC is coming barely one week after
another lawmaker, Hon. Dalyop Chollom representing Barkin Ladi/Riyom Federal Constituency dumped the LP for the APC, and also cited the crisis in the party as his reason.
After Abbas read Ajang’s letter of defection, the House was thrown into a rowdy session as some lawmakers raised eyebrows over the content of the letter.
Minority Leader Kingsley Chinda, argued that the letter was not in accordance with the constitution of the House and as such should be rejected.
He noted that as a standing order, any member who wishes to defect must first inform his constituents and party members on the platform on which he was elected before any letter is read and since the criterion was not been met, the letter should not be admitted, but the Speaker, however, overrode the observation.
