Six Enugu Labor Party Lawmakers Defect to PDP

Six members of the Enugu State House of Assembly elected by the Labor Party (LP) have formally defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which is the ruling party in the state.

The defection letters of the six legislators were read in plenary by the Speaker of the House, Uche Ugwu. They cited the incessant crisis and leadership disputes plaguing the Labor Party as the reason for their defection.

They also said they decided to join the ruling party to help the state governor, Peter Mbah, fulfill his campaign promises.

The defectors include, member representing Igbo-Eze North Constituency 1, Ejike Ezeh, member representing Nsukka East, Pius Ezugwu, member representing, Enugu South Rural, Obiajulu Ugwu.

Others are the member representing Oji River, Osita Eze, the member representing Igbo-Etiti West, William Amuka and the member representing Enugu North Urban, Johnson Ani.

With this development, the People's Democratic Party now has an overwhelming majority of 18 members, while the Labor Party has been reduced to 6 members.

Source: www.lindaikejisblog.com