Amos Magaji, representing Zangon Kataf/Jaba Federal Constituency of Kaduna State, has defected from Peoples Democratic Social gathering (PDP) to All Progressives Congress (APC).
The Speaker, Tajudeen Abbas, made the announcement on the ground of the Home of Representatives throughout plenary on Tuesday.
Abbas, who attributed the lawmaker’s defection to the disaster in PDP, urged the APC members of the home to him to their fold.
The Minority Chief, Kingsley Chinda, nevertheless, counter the defection, citing Part 68(1)(g) of the 1999 Structure (as amended) which prescribed the implications of defection.
Chinda quoted the part as saying that when a lawmaker defected to a different political social gathering, such a lawmaker would lose his/her seat in the home.
His level of order was, nevertheless, met with shouts of disapproval from lots of his colleagues.
In his response to the event, the speaker urged Chinda to channel his level of order to the suitable quarters in writing.
The Information Company of Nigeria (NAN) reviews that this part, because it have been, is probably not absolute, contemplating a proviso which seems to be a protected haven for defectors. (NAN
