RIVERS CRISIS: Lawmaker Makes U-turn, Returns To PDP After Defection
Afnews Editor
Dec 14, 2023
RIVERS CRISIS: Lawmaker Makes U-turn, Returns To PDP After Defection
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Linda Somari Stewart, one of the Rivers State House of Assembly members who defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC, has made a U-turn.
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Stewart, who represents Okrika in the State Assembly, has returned to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, after defecting to the APC with other members of the House.
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Recall that 27 state lawmakers believed to be loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, had defected to the APC.
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Following their defection, the Speaker of the House declared their seats vacant.
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The development followed the face-off between Wike and his successor, Governor Sim Fubara.
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