6 Imo lawmakers defect to PDP

6 Imo lawmakers defect to PDP

With the inauguration of the ninth National Assembly closely in view, six lawmakers at the Imo state House of Assembly on Monday, June 10, defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The defectors made known their in a letter they addressed to the speaker of the Assembly and read by the clerk of the House during plenary, Daily Nigerian reports.


Before their defection on Monday, June 10, five of the lawmakers were members of the Action Alliance (AA) while the sixth person was a member of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).



Chiji Collins (Isiala Mbano) defected from APGA to PDP. Reports have it that Collins defected to the PDP in a bid to secure his emergence as the next speaker of the Assembly.

Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that the Imo House of Assembly on Monday, June 3, suspended the clerk of the House, Christian Duru.

The suspension was announced by the Speaker of the House, Lawman Duruji during proceedings at the floor of the House in Owerri on Monday, June 3.

The House also nullified all appointments made by the immediate past governor, Rochas Okorocha after the 2019 general elections while sacking all 27 LGA chairmen and 600 councilors in the state.


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Source: Legit

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