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Former Senate Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio has formally defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) at a mega rally held at the Ikot Ekpene township stadium on Wednesday.

Six members of the Kano State House of Assembly loyal to former governor, Rabiu ‘Kwankwaso have defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to People’s Democratic Party (PDP).

The Senate President, Bukola Saraki has commended acting President Yemi Osinbajo for the firm decision taken to punish those who invaded the National Assembly on Tuesday by sacking the DG of DSS.

The Akwa Ibom State Government has sacked the Commissioner for Labour, Productivity and Manpower Development, Ibanga Akpabio; and his counterpart in the Ministry of Culture and Tourism,  Victor Antai from the state Executive Council with immediate effect.

The Kano State Government has described the defection of the immediate past Deputy Governor of the state, Hafiz Abubakar, from the All Progressive Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as long overdue.

The All progressives Congress (APC) has said that the timely intervention of the security operatives forestalled the planned violence at the National Assembly which could have led to possible deaths, injuries and destruction of property in the National Assembly on Tuesday.

Barely three months after the fusion of Coalition of Nigerian Movement (CNM) and African Democratic Congress (ADC), a faction pulled out on Tuesday, announcing itself as New African Democratic Congress (N-ADC).

Ahmed Raji, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has expressed concern that political parties in Nigeria were not formed on ideology, hence the current mass party defections.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, to shed the idea of using the sacked Director General (DG) of the Department of State Security (DSS), Lawan Daura as ‘the fall guy’ for Tuesday’s invasion of the National Assembly by security forces.

The wife of the President, Aisha Buhari, has assured the women aspiring for elective positions on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC), of her support to achieve the thirty five percent affirmative action for women.