APC lawmakers defect to PDP in Edo

Two lawmakers in the Edo State House of Assembly have defected to the Peoples Democratic Party from the All Progressives Congress.

The lawmakers made their plans known on Monday.

The lawmakers were Yekini Idaiye, representing Akoko-Edo 1, and Nosayaba Okunbor, representing Orhionmwon East Constituency.

Speaker Marcus Onobun read their letters of defection from the APC on the floor of the House on Monday.

Onobun, while welcoming them to the PDP, commended their desire to work with Governor Godwin Obaseki in making the state great.

The defection of the two lawmakers has brought the number of PDP lawmakers in the House to nine, leaving the APC with only one lawmaker in the 10-man House.

The House also adopted a business calendar of 65 sitting days for the third quarter with the second session slated for February 1 to April 30