The Deputy Minority Leader of the House of
Representatives, George Ibezimako Ozodinobi (LP, Anambra), has condemned the
decision of some Labour Party (LP) lawmakers to defect to the All Progressives
Congress (APC).
Ozodinobi, who spoke shortly after the
Speaker announced the defection of his colleagues during plenary on Thursday,
said the defectors would weep.
He added that they don’t have a future in
the new party they crossed to.
Recall that four Labour Party (LP) House of
Representative members defected to the APC as announced during
plenary on Thursday by the Speaker of the House, Tajudeen Abbas.
The lawmakers who defected to APC are Esosa Iyawe
(Edo), Tochukwu Okere (Imo), Donatus Matthew (Kaduna), and Bassey Akiba (Cross
River).
Also, a lawmaker, Erhiatake Ibori-Suenu (Delta),
dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the APC.
The now-former Labour Party lawmakers
cited division within their party as the main reason for their defection.
Reacting to the development, Ozodinobi raised a point
of order on the floor of the House and, in his comment, expressed
disappointment with his colleagues who had just left the LP.
“I will quote the Bible. When Jesus was carrying the
cross to the Calvary, the woman, Veronica, was weeping. And he looked back and
said, women of Israel, don’t weep for me, weep for yourself.
“I am telling those who have defected that they will
continue weeping for themselves because where you have crossed over to, you
don’t have a future,” he said.
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