House in rowdy session as 37 members dump APC
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details shortly2 by ifeanyi nwokoeric james ochigbo1 thirty seven members of the house of representatives formerly in the fold of the all progressive congress apc has dumped the party and moved to the peoples democratic party pdp and african democratic congress adc1 the representatives in a letter to the speaker of the house of representatives yakubu dogara officially announced their defection during plenary on tuesday1 top on the list of the defectors is the chairman committee on rules and business rep. emmanuel orker-jev benue1 of the 37 defectors 33 went to the pdp while four others from oyo state moved to adc1 other prominent members who dumped the apc includesani rano barry mpigi ali madaki dickson tackighir hassan saleh danburam nuhu mark gbilah razak atunwa ahmed garba bichi abdulsamad dasuk and zakari mohammed1 this is coming after 15 senators in the senate dumped the apc for pdp1 the defection in the house of representatives threw the chamber into a rowdy session as the remaining members of the apc in the house staged a walkout from plenary to address newsmen1