On Wednesday Jan 29, 2014, the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), suffered again following the defection of 11 Senators elected on its platform to the All Progressives Congress (APC). This was made known by Alhaji Lai Mohammed, APC interim publicity secretary.

See statement below:

“Eleven Senators elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party this morning defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). A formal letter to this effect has been delivered to the Senate President, David Mark and it’s expected to be read on the floor of the Senate this afternoon.

“This is only the first instalment of many other Senators of the Peoples Democratic Party expected to defect to the All Progressives Congress soon.”