The Labour Party, LP, says it has asked the court to declare the seats of its lawmakers who defected to other political parties vacant.
LP was reacting to the defection of a lawmaker from Jos South/Jos East Federal Constituency, Alfred Ajang Illiya, which it described as shameful.
In a letter addressed to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abass, Illiya blamed the leadership crisis within the LP for his defection to APC.
Two days ago, another LP member, Daniel Chollom, defected to the APC.
Chollom, in a letter read during plenary by the Speaker, cited the Labour Party’s leadership crisis and his desire to support the President in national development as reasons for his decision.
Four other members of the House of Representatives from the LP had earlier defected to the APC.
Reacting to the development, LP’s National Publicity Secretary, Obiora Ifoh, said Iliya brought dishonour to himself by defecting to APC.
In a statement, Ifoh said: “The leadership of the Labour Party again received with dismay news of the betrayal of the people of Jos South/Jos East by Mr. Akangbe Illiya, a man whom the Labour Party and the people of Plateau State entrusted with their collective hopes and aspirations for a just and equitable society through legislation
