The Deputy Minority Chief of the Home of Representatives, George Ibezimako Ozodinobi has criticized his colleagues who just lately defected from the Labour Party (LP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
New Telegraph had earlier reported that in Thursday’s plenary, 4 Labour Party lawmakers Chinedu Okere of Owerri Municipal/Owerri North/Owerri West Constituency, Imo, Mathew Donatus of Kaura Federal Constituency, Kaduna, Akiba Bassey of Calabar Municipal/Odukpani Constituency, Cross River, and Esosa Iyawe of Oredo Federal Constituency, Edo—introduced their defection, citing inside disputes throughout the Labour Party.
Their defection letters have been learn on the ground of the Home by the Speaker, Abbas Tajudeen, expressing disappointment, Ozodinobi in contrast the defections to Biblical trials.
“I’ll quote the Bible. When Jesus was carrying the cross to Calvary, the lady, Veronica, was weeping. And he regarded again and mentioned, ladies of Israel, don’t weep for me, weep for your self.”
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“I’m telling those that have defected that they are going to proceed weeping for themselves as a result of the place you have got crossed over to, you don’t have a future,” the lawmaker added.
The Labour Party additionally condemned the defections as “irrational” and vowed to take authorized motion.
Obiora Ifoh, the social gathering’s spokesperson, described the transfer as disappointing and inconsistent with democratic rules.
“The Labour Party management is undaunted by the defection, however we is not going to permit it to slip.
“Our authorized group has been instructed to begin actions to reclaim our mandates according to the 1999 Structure and the 2022 Electoral Act as amended,” Ifoh declared.
The defections come as a setback for the Labour Party, which garnered almost six million votes within the 2023 presidential election, positioning itself as a big political power.
Regardless of these challenges, the social gathering stays dedicated to upholding its values and reclaiming its mandates by way of lawful means.
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