After Avalanche Of Defections, House Leadership Declined To Confirm Numerical Strength Of PDP, APC

Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal

The leadership of the House of Representatives has declined stating the official numerical strength of its PDP and APC members. A series of defections since December 2014, has cut the membership of the PDP to around 161, while the APC’s jumped to about 180.

The development implies that the APC is now the majority party. However, the leadership structure of the House has remained unchanged with the PDP still occupying key leadership seats.

A lawmaker from Imo State, Nnana Igbokwe, had moved a motion on Tuesday asking that the Clerk to the House, Mohammed Sani-Omolori, should be directed to release the official figures of both parties.

Igbokwe argued that this was necessary so that the issue of which party was the majority should no longer be left to guesswork.

“Defections are bound to continue and we have to keep updating from time to time,” he added.

It will be recalled that last week, the Speaker, Aminu Tambuwal, also ruled out a similar motion on the same grounds of the issue being in court.