On Wednesday Jan 29, 2014 eleven Senators submitted their letters to Senate President David Mark asking to defect to the opposition All progressives Congress (APC) party. You can read it on

The list of the senators include:

Senator Bukola Saraki-Kwara Central, Senator Umaru Dahiru-Sokoto South, Senator Magnus Ngei Abe -Rivers South-East, Senator Wilson Asinobi Ake-Rivers  West, Sen. Bindawa Muhammed Jibrilla-Adamawa North, Sen. Mohammed Danjuma Goje-Gombe central, Sen. Aisha Jummai Alhassan-Taraba North.


Also defecting include, Sen. Mohammed Ali Ndume-Borno South, Senator Mohammed Shaba Lafiaji-Kwara North, Sen. Abdulahi Adamu-Nasarawa West, and Senator Ibrahim Abdullahi Gobir-Sokoto East.