17 PDP senators ‘ll defect to APC this week – Sen Jibrilla ABUJA — SEVENTEEN Peoples Democratic Party, PDP senators are to defect to the All Progressives Congress, APC, within days after resumption tomorrow, Senator Bindowo Jibrilla, one of the senators defecting, has said. His assertion was, however, countered by the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, who in an interview said the PDP was bent on defending its majority in the Senate and winning back what it lost in the House of Representatives. Senator Jibrilla, PDP, Adamawa North, who disclosed the defection plans in a BBC Hausa Service interview at the weekend, said the defecting senators will communicate their plans through separate letters to the Senate President, David Mark, shortly after resumption from recess tomorrow. The 17 senators are among the 22 others who had indicated their interest to join the APC before the Christmas and New Year break began. He said he had already led ...
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