Amos Magaji, who is the lawmaker representing Zangon Kataf/Jaba Federal Constituency of Kaduna State, has defected to All Progressive Congress (APC) from Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
This announcement was made by House of Representative speaker, Mr Tajudeen Abbas on the floor of the House during plenary on Tuesday.
Abbas attributed the lawmaker’s defection to the crisis in PDP, urged the APC members of the house to bring him to their fold embrace him with peace.
The minority leader of the house , Hon Kingsley Chinda counters the defection, citing Section 68(1)(g) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), which prescribes the consequences of defection.
According to Chinda, who quoted the section as saying that once a lawmaker defected to another political party, such a lawmaker would lose his/her seat in the house.
His point of order was, however, met with shouts of disapproval from many of his colleagues.
In his reaction to the development, the speaker urged Chinda to channel his point of order to the appropriate quarters in writing.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that this section of the constitution, as it was quoted by Chinda, may not be absolute, considering a provision that appears to be a haven for defectors.
(NAN)
