Four members of the House from Zamfara State dumped PDP for APC last week.
Despite the threat of legal action by the Peoples Democratic Party , the last member of the party in theKabiru Amadu, who represents Gusau/Tsafe federal constituency, announced his defection in a letter addressed to the House and read by the Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, on Wednesday.Drama unfolded when Toby Okchukwu , the deputy minority leader, raised a point of order on the defection.
In what has become a trend, Mr Gbajabiamila taunted the opposition party by shouting “Is it section 68? Or is there another one?” While raising the point of order, Mr Okechukwu said, “we have observed with dismay, the continuous disobedience of the Constitution by the Speaker. The failure of the Speaker to comply with section 68 of the 1999 Constitution…….”
He was interrupted by the Speaker, who argued that being called to speak is a privilege, not a right. The speaker added that it was not his job to interpret the constitution.Since the defection of Governor Bello Matawella, members of the Zamfara caucus in the National Assembly have been defecting from the PDP to the ruling party despite the threat by the opposition that it will be approaching the court.
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