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Buhari Panics as two influential lawmakers defects from APC

The APC’s majority in the House of Representatives is dwindling by the day after two more lawmakers announced their departure from the ruling party.

Kolawole Babatunde, representing Akoko South East/South West in Ondo State, and Mukaila Kazeem, representing Abeokuta North/Obafemi-Owode/Odeda in Ogun State, have dumped the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Announcing the decision of the lawmakers during plenary on Wednesday, Yakubu Dogara, Speaker of the House, read letters from the lawmakers announcing their resignation from the APC.

Babatunde stated that he was pitching his tent with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), while Kazeem did not name his new party in his letter.

The lawmakers hinged their actions on their reservations with the party’s management of its primaries.

The rate of departures from the APC to other political parties is not unconnected to the fact that many of them were not able to secure re-election ticket from the party.  However, is this steady defection from the party a healthy development for our democracy?

Please share your views in the comment section.

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