Thirty-seven members formerly of the New PDP yesterday defied the threat of losing their seats and made good their promise to defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
With this development, the APC is now in the majority by one man, standing at 172 against the PDP's 171. The APC, however, needs 181 members to take over the leadership of the House from the PDP.
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