The embattled Senator, Dino Melaye, representing Kogi West on the platform of the All Progressives Party, APC, has defected to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
He announced his defection on the floor of the Senate, on Wednesday.
Dino Melaye, attended the Senate plenary
on Wednesday, after some weeks absence.
Melaye has been bed-ridden since he landed in the Hospital, after a failed attempt to evade being taken to Kogi State by the Nigerian Police.
The Senator 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.
He also took his time to thank the leadership of the PDP for their support.
The Senator, who showed up at the Senate 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.
Thereafter, he announced he would sit beside former Senate President, David Mark, pending the time a seat will be allocated to him.
Melaye’s movement was greeted by rowdiness among the Lawmakers at the Senate floor, with those who spoke later expressing mixed reactions.
The PDP Senators spoke in favour of his move, while APC Senators tried to prevent his movement.
He was thereafter aided by some of his colleagues to his preferred seat with the PDP.
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