Six members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the House of Representatives on Thursday defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.
DAILY POST reports that the lawmakers include Unyime Idem, Ukanafun/Oruk Anam constituency; Esin Etim, Mbo/Okobo/Oron/Udung Uko/Urue constituency; and Ekpo Asuquo, who represents Etinan/Nsit Ibom/Nsit Ubium constituency.
Others are Uduak Odudoh, Ikot Abasi/Mkpat Enin/Eastern Obolo constituency; Okpolupm Etteh, representing Eket/Esit Eket/Ibeno/Onna constituency, and Okon Bassey, representing Itu/Ibiono Ibom constituency.
Also, Emmanuel Ukpong-Udo, a lawmaker elected on the platform of the Young Progressives Party (YPP), representing Ikono/Ini constituency of Akwa Ibom, joined the APC.
The development came barely 48 hours after the unveiling of the African Development Congress (ADC) by the opposition coalition on Wednesday.
In the wake of the launch of the party, many PDP chieftains have defected to the ADC, while others have joined the APC.
