The lawmakers announced their defections in a letter they addressed to the Speaker and read by the clerk of the House during plenary.
Five of them dumped the Action Alliance (AA), while the sixth person was a member of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).
The AA lawmakers who defected to the PDP are: Mike Iheanaetu (Aboh Mbaise), Victor Onyewuchi (Owerri West), Ken Agbim (Ahiazu Mbaise) Lloyd Chukwuemeka (Owerri North) and Bruno Ukoha (Ezinihittte Mbaise)
Chiji Collins (Isiala Mbano) defected from APGA to PDP.
