The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara announced this at the Plenary in their letters of resignation read to the members.
While Hon Kolawole defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Hon Kazeem was silent on his next political destination.
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Both lawmakers cited the outcome of the last Party Primaries election in the State and the crisis that had erupted the Party since then as their reasons for dumping the Party.
However, the Speaker, Hon Dogara overruled a point of order raised by Hon Suleiman Bello who dismissed the claims of the defectors on the alleged crisis in the APC which prompted their decision and urged the House to declare their seats vacant.