Four PDP Senators Defect To APC, Senate President Confirms

Four senators elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to represent their various senatorial districts in the current tenth Senate have formally defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, read their separate letters on the floor of the chamber, where they cited irreconcilable differences within the opposition PDP as their reason for crossing over.

Akpabio, who read the letters, directed that they be officially documented by the Clerk of the Senate.

The senators who officially defected on Wednesday are Senators Francis Fadahunsi, Osun East; Oluwole Olubiyi, Osun Central; Aniekan Bassey, Akwa Ibom North East; and Samson Ekong, Akwa Ibom South.

Following the defection of the four senators, the updated composition of the Senate now stands as follows: APC 70, PDP 28, Labour Party 5, NNPP 1, SDP 2, and APGA 1.

The National Secretary of the APC, Senator Ajibola Basiru; the former Minister of Labour and Productivity, Senator Chris Ngige, and some members of the House of Representatives were present in the chamber to show solidarity with the party following the defections.

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