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The Ogun House of Assembly on Tuesday, rejected defection letters of two of the House over failure to prove the existence of crisis or division in their party.

Mr Suraj Adekunbi (APC-Yewa North1), the Speaker, said this while reacting to the submission of Mr Yinka Mafe (APC-Sagamu1), Majority Leader, who spoke after the Speaker had read the defection letters of the lawmakers during plenary in Abeokuta.

Adekunbi had read a separate letter intimating the House that Mr Biyi Adeleye (Remo North constituency ) and Mr Harrison Adeyemi (Ogun Waterside constituency) had defected from the All Progressive Congress (APC) to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).

In the letter, Adeleye cited division and crisis in APC both at the State and National level as the reason he was dumping the party, saying the party had been polarised into two factions.

He stated that his new party shares the same philosophy with him and his constituency.

Meanwhile, Mafe urged the Speaker to discountenance the reasons advanced by the lawmaker that the APC was polarised into two factions.

“APC has one party chairman in the person of Comrade Adams Oshiomhole .

” It will be unfortunate if we allow it to go down that APC has been divided whereas the party has not been divided .

” I want you to tell him to prove to this House that APC is divided. If he can not prove it , the Speaker should use his office to do the needful,” he said.

The Speaker, however, noted that there was no crisis or division in APC both at the state and national level.

“On this note , the matter will be set aside until the lawmakers are able to prove to the House that there is crisis in the party,” he said.
Also during plenary , the Speaker read the defection letter of Mr Bowale Solaja (Ijebu North constituency), who defected from the PDP to the APC.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that four of the House had on Aug.16 defected to two different parties.

Two of the lawmakers, Mrs Akintayo Folakemi (Yewa South) and Mr Ojo Viwanu (Ipoka/Idiroko) defected from PDP to APC while Mr Jemili Akingbade (Imeko Afon) and Atanda Razaq (Yewa North 11) left PDP for African Democratic Congress (ADC).

NAN reports that the assembly now has 20 APC , PDP four while ADC has 2 .

http://sunnewsonline.com/ogun-assembly-rejects-defection-letters-of-two-lawmakers/

But if dey had defected from d PDP to d APC dey would have been lauded and celebrated abi. D APC's double standards is quite irritating

Last last dem go accept am ,you cannot force them to remain in the anti people party.

The defection that will hit APC no be here.

Cross carpeting is allowed na

But if they defected to APC they would have been accepted. Bloody criminals...

None of My Business..

hmmm

APC is really crashing nationwide.

Why is the Apc afraid

Thought these guys said pdp can't win south west

bunch of jokers....una never see anything yet

#Na dem dey rush us

We no they LOUD our own like one FLY

Will they reject if it were a PDP member decamping to APC?

business men

When those lawmakers defected from PDP to APC, what reasons were adduced and were they required to substantiate their claims?

The judiciary should make a bold statement on what constitutes division in a party that could warrant defection of an elected party member.

The same minds that want Saraki out

I swear, APC is the worst thing that ever happened to this country... by this time 2015 all of them were happy celebrating those that crossed over to them.

Nbote:
But if dey had defected from d PDP to d APC dey would have been lauded and celebrated abi. D APC's double standards is quite irritating

E pain em well well

Nonsense people, if they defect to APC they will be accepted with fun fare

more defection coming.

Islie:



http://sunnewsonline.com/ogun-assembly-rejects-defection-letters-of-two-lawmakers/

The Speaker, however, noted that there was no crisis or division in APC both at the state and national level.

“On this note , the matter will be set aside until the lawmakers are able to prove to the House that there is crisis in the party,” he said.

See uppercut.

Why do I have a feeling this will be the new trend? Hehehe.

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Victornezzar:
Why is the Apc afraid
Thought these guys said pdp can't win south west
bunch of jokers....una never see anything yet

I swear bro

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vLkQ95r4S8

Ibikun is boasting

Ibikun is boasting.more of this all be fall u.

In ogun:


*2 pdp defected to apc few weeks ago...accepted

*2 pdp defected to adc few weeks ago...accepted

*1 pdp member to apc ds week ....accepted

*2 apc memeber to pdp...rejected

Sound strange and bitter ....but let d 2 prove to suraj has he requested if there is a faction.... If there is a genuine reason and he still insist.....den dey should proceed to court


Finger crossed

Good move by the speaker.it is the same thng kaduna state speaker aminu shagali did.there should be no further legislative defections till the courts rule on this.

Good move by the speaker.it is the same thng kaduna state speaker aminu shagali did.there should be no further legislative defections till the courts rule on this