Nigeria, March 12 -- The number of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senators dropped to 14 on Wednesday, following the defection of three PDP senators to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

The senators are Aminu Abbas (Adamawa Central), Amos Yohana (Adamawa North), and Aliyu Bilbis (Adamawa South).

With their defection, the APC now has 84 senators.

As of Tuesday, the PDP had 17 seats after the defection of Rivers West Senator, Ipalibo Banigo, who resigned her membership of the opposition party to join the APC.

Mrs Banigo, a former deputy governor of Rivers State, served from 2015 to 2023 under Nyesom Wike, the state's governor.

However, when the upper chamber reconvened for Wednesday's plenary, the three Adamawa senators also ...