*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 Get together (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Senator Jarigbe, in a letter written to the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, and browse in plenary on Tuesday by the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Jibrin Barau, cited the endless disaster within the PDP as the key cause for his defection.
He defined that his exit from the PDP adopted months of inside crises and irreconcilable divisions that had crippled the occasion each on the nationwide and state ranges.
Jarigbe mentioned, “I rise to formally notify you and the distinguished management of the Senate of my resignation from the Peoples Democratic Get together, on whose platform I used to be elected to signify the great folks of Cross River North Senatorial District,” Jarigbe wrote.
“The choice got here after deep and considerate reflection on the present state of my former occasion.
“It’s with remorse that I be aware 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 occasion to proceed delivering efficient illustration to his constituents, mentioned, “Within the mild of the foregoing, and in the most effective curiosity of my constituents, I’ve chosen to hitch the All Progressives Congress.
“I consider that beneath the management of President Bola Tinubu and the regular steering of the Nationwide Meeting, the APC gives a secure and progressive platform to ship the democratic dividends anticipated by the folks of Cross River North.”
Consequently, Barau welcomed Jarigbe into the occasion, saying, “You’re most welcome. Please welcome him,” as senators throughout occasion strains applauded.
Jarigbe’s defection additional strengthens the APC’s maintain on Cross River State, the place all three Senatorial seats at the moment are occupied by members of the ruling occasion.
The opposite two Senators from the State are Eteng Williams (Cross River Central) and Asuquo Ekpenyong (Cross River South).
With this growth, the configuration of Senators within the Senate throughout political events is as follows: APC 76; PDP 25; Labour Get together, LP 4; All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA 2; New Nigeria Peoples Get together, NNPP 1; and Social Democratic Get together, SDP 1, totaling 109.
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