Four more senators have today, dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Two of the senators are from Akwa Ibom State: Sampson Ekong, senator representing Akwa Ibom south, and Aniekan Bassey, the Akwa Ibom north-east.
Senate President Godswill Akpabio read their letters of defection during Wednesday’s plenary. He also read out the letters from senators in Osun State.
According to: Imran Muhammad
“BREAKING: Four senators from Akwa Ibom and Osun States officially defected from the PDP to the APC today.
They are:
Sen. Etim Aniekan Bassey (Akwa Ibom North East)
Sen. Sampson Ekong Akpan (Akwa Ibom South)
Sen. Francis Adenigba Fadahunsi (Osun East)
Sen. Olubiyi Oluwole Fadeyi (Osun Central)“
Daily Post reports that there has been gale of defection from PDP to the ruling APC.
While several political bigwigs dumped the party for the African Democratic Congress, ADC, others have found solace in the APC.
The two Akwa Ibom Senators, according to the letters read by Akpabio, cited the leadership crisis rocking the PDP as their reasons for rejecting the party.
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