Deputy Speaker resigns As reactions continue on S-Court verdict
By Chinonso Alozie
Owerri—As reactions continued to trail the judgment of the Supreme Court on Imo gubernatorial election, nine lawmakers of Imo State House of Assembly, yesterday, defected to All Progressives Congress, APC, to join the government of Senator Hope Uzodinma, increasing the number of APC lawmakers to 10.
Deputy Speaker of the House, Okey Onyekanma of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, also resigned his position as the deputy speaker of the House. He said his resignation was based on the political zoning formula in the state.
The Speaker of the House, Chiji Collins, who had earlier defected fromAll Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, to PDP to clinch the speaker’s position is yet to announce his defection.
The member representing Ideato North state constituency, Arthur Egwim, who also defected from Action Alliance, AA, to APC, said he defected because there “is confusion and division in…
Source: Vanguard Newspaper
