The Peoples Democratic Party caucus in the Senate was
further depleted on Tuesday when the lawmaker representing the Anambra-South
senatorial district, Senator Andy Uba, officially announced his defection from
the PDP to the All Progressives Congress.
Uba had written to the President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola
Saraki, about his defection and the letter was read to lawmakers during the
plenary.
The PDP caucus, however, said Uba would lose his seat in the
chamber since the mandate belonged to the opposition party.
The Minority Leader, Senator Godswill Akpabio, while making
the demand on behalf of the caucus under Order 43 of the Senate Standing Rules,
also called for Uba’s removal as Chairman, Senate Committee on Public Accounts.
The committee, which is the only one recognised by the
constitution, is traditionally occupied by the opposition.
Akpabio, therefore, urged the Senate President to sack Uba
from the office within 24 hours.
He said, “That position belongs to the PDP and it (PDP) was
the party that contested the election in Anambra. This is a notice of our
intention to go to court to reclaim that seat. I just want to let you know
that, automatically, since the party is not in dispute, his seat is in peril.”
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