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Six members of the House of Representatives from Oyo State person dumped the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the Allied Peoples Movement, APM.
The lawmakers are believed to beryllium loyal to Governor Seyi Makinde, who has emerged the statesmanlike campaigner of the APM pursuing his defection to the party.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, who presided implicit the league astatine the resumption of plenary pursuing the Sallah interruption on Tuesday, work 13 letters announcing the alteration of parties by lawmakers.
The members of the Oyo House of Representatives caucus who defected to the APM on Tuesday include Anthony Adebayo, Adedeji Olajide, Sunday Makanjuola, Oyedeji Oyeshina, Fola Oyekunle and Adigun Adekunle.
The lawmakers, successful their letters of defection, cited the protracted interior situation and enactment tussle successful the PDP arsenic a crushed to question a governmental alternate to prosecute their ambitions successful 2027.
Makinde, with this development, has taken six retired of the 14 members of the Oyo State caucus successful the House of Representatives with him to the APM.
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