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There are strong indications that the Senator representing the Kogi West Senatorial Constituency, Senator Dino Melaye, has decamped from the ruling All Progressives Congress to the Peoples Democratic Party.
Melaye who resumed plenary on Wednesday, asked to be moved from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) side of the chamber to the Opposition.
Mr Melaye raising a point of order on Wednesday thanked his colleagues, members of the House of Representatives, his constituents and the NIgerian populace for standing by him during his travails with the Senate.
Mr Melaye also took his time to thank the leadership of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for their support.
Mr Melaye, who attended the chamber with a neck support, also asked the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, to mandate the sergeant-at-arms to create a seat for him at the opposition wing of the chamber.
However, he thereafter announced he would sit beside former Senate President, David Mark, pending the time a seat will be allocated to him and was thereafter assisted by some of his colleagues to his preferred seat.
He is, however, yet to formally join the PDP. To do so officially, Mr Melaye would have to write the Senate president of his decision to leave his party and join the opposition. The letter would then be read during Senate plenary.
More details later…
