BREAKING: 15 APC Senators decamp to PDP

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Fifteen (15) All Progressives Congress (APC) Senators have decamped to the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP).

The Senate President, Bukola Saraki made the announcement at plenary on Tuesday.

The decamping Senators are Sen. Lanre Tejuoso, Sen. Shaaba Lafiagi, Sen. Barnabas Gemade, Sen. Dino Melaye, Sen. Shittu, Sen. Rafiu Ibrahim, Sen. Shitu Ubali and Sen. Isa Misau.

Others are Sen. Sulaimon Hunkuyi, Sen. Monsurat Sunmonu, Sen. Mohammed Danbaba, Sen. Bayern Nafada, Sen. Suleiman Nazif, Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso, Sen. Abdulazeez Murtala-Nyako.

With the decamping of the APC Senators, that already makes APC effectively the new opposition in the Senate as PDP clinches the majority position.