{"id":50844,"date":"2021-09-28T16:39:10","date_gmt":"2021-09-28T15:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/lp-rep-defects-to-apc"},"modified":"2021-09-28T16:45:29","modified_gmt":"2021-09-28T15:45:29","slug":"lp-rep-defects-to-apc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/lp-rep-defects-to-apc","title":{"rendered":"LP rep defects to APC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>A member of the House of Representatives from Benue State, Samuel Godday, has defected from the Labour Party (LP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).<\/p>\n<p>The defection was contained in a letter read by Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>In the letter, Godday cited a fraction in the Labour Party for his defection.<\/p>\n<p>The ruling party continues to enjoy defection from all the minority parties in the House including the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).<\/p>\n<p>Last week, a member from Rivers State, Chisom Dike, defected from PDP to the APC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. A member of the House of Representatives from Benue State, Samuel Godday, has defected from the Labour Party (LP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The defection was contained in a letter read by Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila on Tuesday. 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