Dogara declares Adedoyin’s seat vacant as APC, PDP Reps defect

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, on
Wednesday declared the seat of late Funke Adedoyin vacant.

Adedoyin, until her demise last month, was a member of the House
of Representatives from Kwara State under the platform of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

“I wish to declare vacant the seat of late Olufunke Adedoyin,
who was until her death an honorable member representing
Ekiti/Irepodun Constituency of Kwara State in the House of
Representatives.

“This is in compliance with the requirements of the 1999
Constitution as amended,” the Speaker announced on the floor of the
House.

Meanwhile, two members of the House of Representatives on
Wednesday defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to other parties.

Whereas Musa Soba from Kaduna State defected from the PDP to the
African Democratic Congress (ADC), Hassan Omale from Kogi State
defected from the APC but is yet to announce his new political
party.

Speaker Yakubu Dogara, who announced the two defections on the
floor of the House during Wednesday’s plenary, said it was in line
with Section 68 (1) (g) of the 1999 Constitution as amended.