Why PDP Lawmakers Who Join APC Won’t Lose Their Seats
“We have read reports that members of the National Assembly that follow
us to APC will lose their seats. This cannot happen as it will be at
variance with the relevant sections of our Constitution and electoral
laws that guarantee the safety of the members of the National Assembly
once their parent party is in crisis as PDP is at the moment.
“For the avoidance of doubt, there is no danger of their losing their
seats as made clear by sections 68(1)(g) and 109(1)(g) of the 1999
Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) in relation
to the status of members of a legislative house (state and national)
who defect from the political parties from which they were elected to
join another political party.”