The lawmaker’s whose defection was announced by Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila during a plenary Thursday, gave incessant intra-party squabble within the AA as the reason for their defection to the APC.

There was, however, a mild drama as the House Minority Leader, Mr Tony Elumelu kicked against the decision by the lawmakers on the basis that it ran contrary to Section 68 of the 1999 constitution as amended.

Elumelu claimed that he was not aware of any crises in the AA, urged the Speaker to declare the lawmakers’ seats vacant over their decision to dump the AA which sponsored them to the lower legislative chamber in the 2019 poll.

He was promptly ruled out of order by Gbajabiamila, who argued that “There is something in law called locus. My question to you is this, are you a member of AA? You are the Minority Leader, you are a member of PDP, as minority leader you are not automatically a member of AA.

“So you have no locus. If you go to court and I’m saying the matter can be interpreted in court, but unfortunately you cannot go to court because you are not aggrieved. You do not have locus standi. Unfortunately, your point of order is out of order.”