Three members of the house of representatives from Katsina State have defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The lawmakers are Abdullahi Balarabe, Abubakar Aliyu, and Yusuf Majigiri,
Their notices of defection were read by the Speaker of the House, Tajudeen Abbas, during plenary on Thursday.
The lawmakers attributed their defections to the internal crisis in the opposition party.
The Katsina State governor, Diko Radda, was in plenary to witness the defections.