*APC now 76, PDP 25 , LP 4, APGA 2, NNPP 1, SDP 1.
By Henry Umoru
Senator Jarigbe Jarigbe, representing Cross River North, has defected from the Peoples Democratic Occasion (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Senator Jarigbe, in a letter written to the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, and skim in plenary on Tuesday by the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Jibrin Barau, cited the never-ending disaster within the PDP as the key motive for his defection.
He defined that his exit from the PDP adopted months of inner crises and irreconcilable divisions that had crippled the get together each on the nationwide and state ranges.
Jarigbe stated, “I rise to formally notify you and the distinguished management of the Senate of my resignation from the Peoples Democratic Occasion, on whose platform I used to be elected to signify the nice individuals of Cross River North Senatorial District,” Jarigbe wrote.
“The choice got here after deep and considerate reflection on the present state of my former get together.
“It’s with remorse that I word the persistent and deep-seated divisions and the deliberate factionalisation at each the nationwide and state ranges as the first causes for my departure.”
Jarigbe, who famous that he determined to align with the ruling get together to proceed delivering efficient illustration to his constituents, stated, “Within the gentle of the foregoing, and in the most effective curiosity of my constituents, I’ve chosen to affix the All Progressives Congress.
“I consider that underneath the management of President Bola Tinubu and the regular steerage of the Nationwide Meeting, the APC supplies a secure and progressive platform to ship the democratic dividends anticipated by the individuals of Cross River North.”
Consequently, Barau welcomed Jarigbe into the get together, saying, “You’re most welcome. Please welcome him,” as senators throughout get together traces applauded.
Jarigbe’s defection additional strengthens the APC’s maintain on Cross River State, the place all three Senatorial seats are actually occupied by members of the ruling get together.
The opposite two Senators from the State are Eteng Williams (Cross River Central) and Asuquo Ekpenyong (Cross River South).
With this improvement, the configuration of Senators within the Senate throughout political events is as follows: APC 76; PDP 25; Labour Occasion, LP 4; All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA 2; New Nigeria Peoples Occasion, NNPP 1; and Social Democratic Occasion, SDP 1, totaling 109.
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