Edo chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has officially written to the state\u2019s House of Assembly, notifying it of its new majority status.<\/p>\n
The letter was read on Tuesday by the Speaker, Blessing Agbebaku, during the plenary in Benin.<\/p>\n
The letter, personally addressed to the Speaker, was titled: \u2018Notification of APC majority status in the Edo State House of Assembly.\u2019<\/p>\n
In part, the letter stated: \u201cWe write to inform you that APC has achieved majority status in the House following the defection of several members from the PDP and LP.<\/p>\n
\u201cHon. Bright Iyamu of Orhionmwon II, Hon. Richard Edosa of Oredo West, Hon. Chief Sunday Ojiezele of Esan South East and Hon. Roland Okogbe from Akoko-Edo are now APC members.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt the appropriate time, we will notify your office of the consequential effects resulting from this change in the House,\u201d the letter said.<\/p>\n
Agbebaku confirmed that the letter was received from the APC secretariat, clarifying that APC now holds the majority in the assembly.<\/p>\n
Agbebaku wished the defectors well in their political journeys, adding that he would await another letter from APC regarding the nomination of principal officers.<\/p>\n
\u201cDistinguished members, as you heard, the letter confirms APC now holds the majority in the House. We await further letter of nomination of their principal officers,\u201d he said<\/p>\n
The four defecting lawmakers joined APC from various parties, including PDP and Labor Party, bringing the number of APC lawmakers to 13 while PDP now has 11.<\/p>\n
Edo chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has officially written to the state\u2019s House of Assembly, notifying it of its new majority status. The letter was read on Tuesday…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":76813,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-116814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n