The senator representing Imo east Sen. Ezenwa Onyewuchi a member of the Labour Party (LP), has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
His defection letter was read on the floor of the red chamber by Senate President Godswill Akpabio on Tuesday.
Imo state governor and chairman of the Progressives Governors Forum (PGF), Hope Uzodima was in the chamber when the letter was read.
According to his letter he cited his decision as due to the intractable division and crisis in the Labour Party that sponsored his earlier election into the Nigerian Senate.
“The communication is therefore made pursuant to Section 68(1g) of the constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria 1999 as amended.
“Imo state and the entirety of the south-east remain united under the leadership of our performing governor, his excellency, Hope Uzodimma.”
Thereafter, Akpabio directed the sergeant-at-arms to hand Onyewuchi a new seat on the aisle of the majority lawmakers.
The number of LP senators in the upper legislative chamber is now five.
