By Ayomide Otitoju
No fewer than 17 members of the House of Representatives have defected from the African Democratic Congress to the Nigerian Democratic Congress.
The defections were formally announced during plenary on Tuesday.
In a related development, lawmaker Leke Abejide also defected from the ADC to the All Progressives Congress.
Those who joined the NDC include Yusuf Datti, Uchenna Okonkwo, Adamu Wakili, Thaddeus Attah, George Ozodinobi, Lilian Orogbu, Oluwaseyi Sowunmi, Peter Aniekwe, Mukhtar Zakari, George Oluwande, Munachim Umezuruike, Emeka Idu, Jesse Onuakalusi, Ifeanyi Uzokwe, Afam Ogene and Abdulhakeem Ado.
Further details are expected.
