Again, Gale of defection hits PDP, as three Kebbi Senators dump party

The gale of defection hitting the Peoples Democracy Party (PDP) has continued at all political levels.

The latest is the announcement by the three senators from Kebbi State who officially dumped the major opposition party for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on the floor of the Senate.

Affected national lawmakers are Senators Adamu Aliero (Kebbi Central), Yahaya Abdullahi (Kebbi North) and Garba Maidoki (Kebbi South).

The development also depleted the number of PDP lawmakers in the Senate with APC adding to its rank in the red chamber.

The breakdown of the political parties shower that the defection of Aliero, Abdullahi, Maidoki has brought the number of senators on the platform of the APC in the 10th Senate to 68 while the PDP dropped to 30 members.

Also, the Labour Party (LP) has five senators, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) with two, while the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) have one senator each.

Meanwhile, two seats remain vacant following the death of Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, who represented Anambra South, and the emergence of Senator Monday Okpebholo, the former representative of Edo Central, as the new Governor of Edo State.