Farouk Lawan’s bribery scandal and 10 other memorable events of the 7th house of reps

OVERTHROWING WITHOUT THE BALLOT

On December 18, 2013, 37 members of the house of representatives defected from the PDP to APC. The defectors were mainly from Kano, Rivers, Kwara and Sokoto, where the governors had earlier defected.

The development increased the numerical strength of APC to 172 from 135 and reduced PDP to 171 from 208. This subsequently made the party to dominate the house.