Last Tuesday, the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Kingsley Chinda, formally resigned from his position and defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Speaker of the House, Abbas Tajudeen, announced Chinda’s resignation and defection during plenary as lawmakers resumed legislative activities after a four-week recess.
The announcement officially ended weeks of speculation surrounding Chinda’s political future after he participated in the APC governorship primary in Rivers State without publicly resigning from either the PDP or his position as minority leader.
According to information made available to journalists, details of Chinda’s resignation letter, showed that the lawmaker stepped down from the position with effect from April 23.
The tradition has always been that lawmakers defect on the floor of the House and their letters read loudly by the Speaker. In the case of the former minority leader, these never took place.
