2 APC House of Representatives members defect from party

Two more members of the House of Representatives have officially announced their exit from the ruling party, All Progressives Congress (APC).

Speaker of the House of Reprsentatives, Yakubu Dogara, read letters from Ahmed Abu (Niger State) and Stephen Olemija (Ondo State) announcing their decison to defect from APC to the Social Democratic Party and the Action Alliance, respectively.

The lawmakers attributed their defection to the conduct and outcome of the APC primaries in their respective states.