The
two Kogi lawmakers that defected from the All Nigerian Peoples Party,
(ANPP), to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and the Action Congress
of Nigeria (ACN) have returned to their former parties to frustrate
efforts by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to
conduct elections for the seats which was earlier declared vacant by
their colleagues.
Barrister Henry Ojuola and Folusho
Daniel defected from the ANPP last year while some members of the House
at the heat of the crisis that rocked the Assembly last year declared
their seats vacant.
Receiving the lawmakers yesterday in
Lokoja, ANPP state chairman, Patrick Daudu said with their return, the
party is well positioned to win overwhelmingly in the forthcoming
local government elections in the state.
He called on the State Independent
Electoral Commission (SIEC) to ensure a level playing ground for all the
political parties in the council election.
He said their defection to other
parties last year was in error and a clear violation of the provisions
of the electoral law 2007 as amended, saying that the party has given
the two members 30 days ultimatum to either return to the party or have
their seats declared vacant.
The returnee members in their separate address said without credible opposition there would be no meaningful development.
Earlier, the minority leader in the
Kogi state House of Assembly, Yori Afolabi, and a member of the ANPP,
called on all the members to continue to support the programmes of the
party.
DailyTrust
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