APC tightens grip on National Assembly, expands majority to 282 in Reps

• Over 150 reps, scores of senators defect in 3 years

From Fred Itua, Abuja

No fewer than 150 members of the House of Representatives and scores of senators have officially switched political parties since the inauguration of the 10th National Assembly in June 2023, with the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) emerging as the overwhelming beneficiary of the mass defections that have…