We didnt take bribe to dump APC Kwara Lawmakers
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all 23 members of the 24-member house of assembly in kwara including the speaker have denied financial inducement for their recent defection to the peoples democratic party pdp1 the lawmakers are alleged to have each collected n15 million to defect from the all progressives congress apc to pdp on aug.11 but the 23 members at plenary on tuesday denied being induced with money for their decision to quit the apc1 each of the defected lawmakers in their defence described the allegation as unfounded and a calculated attempt to tarnish their names1 they said that no individual or group gave them n15 million as bribe prior to their aug. 1 defection to the pdp1 they accused the only apc lawmaker in the house saheed popoola as being responsible for the alleged rumour on social media1 the lawmakers claimed that their defection to pdp was purely on personal conviction devoid of any financial inducement1 however popoola apc olomu-balogun in his reaction said he did not speak with any media on the alleged n15 million bribe1 popoola refuted the claim by his colleagues of being the author of the alleged rumour and challenged them to produce evidence or testimonies against him1 concluding debate on the matter the speaker dr ali ahmad urged his fellow speakers in states houses of assembly to resist the temptation of declaring vacant seats of defectors in their states1