A federal lawmaker who represents Imo East Senatorial District, EZENWA ONYEWUCHI, has dumped the Labour Party (LP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Majority Leader of the Senate, OPEYEMI BAMIDELE, announced the defection during plenary.

In his letter, Senator ONYEWUCHI, whose defection brings to three, the number of APC Senators from Imo State, disclosed that he resigned from the Labour Party owing to the crisis in the party.

He also noted that his decision was is in line with the dictates of the constitution.

Similarly, a member of the House of Representatives, SALMAN IDRIS, decamped from the African Democratic Congress (ADC) to the APC.

The lawmaker, who represents Kabba-Bunu/Ijumu Federal Constituency in the green chamber, officially announced his political decision in a letter read on the floor of the House by Speaker ABBAS TAJUDEEN.