{
  "id": 12115535,
  "title": "Eight Defected Lawmakers Were Suspended Long Ago For Gross Misconduct – Zamfara Speaker",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/eight-defected-lawmakers-were-suspended-long-ago-for-gross-misconduct-12115535",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-05T07:12:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Trust",
    "slug": "daily-trust",
    "url": "https://dailytrust.com/eight-defected-lawmakers-were-suspended-long-ago-for-gross-misconduct-zamfara-speaker/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Speaker of the Zamfara State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Bilyaminu Ismail Moriki, has clarified that the eight lawmakers who recently announced their defection from the All Progressives Congress (APC) had been suspended from the House long before their purported defection. The Speaker stated that the lawmakers were suspended on 26 February 2024 following […]",
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      {
        "outlet": "Premium Times",
        "title": "Eight defected lawmakers were suspended long ago for gross misconduct- Zamfara speaker",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/eight-defected-lawmakers-were-suspended-long-ago-for-gross-misconduct",
        "published": "2026-10-05T07:30:32.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}