The Peoples Democratic Party primary election, which took place towards the end of last year, that saw some members of the national assembly losing their bid to return to the national assembly.
At least six Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senators have dumped the party to join forces with the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Labour Party (LP).
The affected senators are Atiku Bagudu (Kebbi Central); Bassey Otu (Cross River South); Barnabas Gemade (Benue North East); Mohammed Magoro ( Kebbi South); Nurudeen Abatemi-Usman ( Kogi Central); Helen Esuene (Akwa Ibom); and Ita Enang (Akwa Ibom North East ). Others are Ahmed Zannah (Borno Central) and Saidu Alkali (Gombe North).
One of the defecting lawmakers, Senator Atiku Bagudu Abubakar representing Kebbi Central joined the APC.
Abubakar received APC ticket to contest the governorship election in Kebbi State.
Senator Bassey Out, who represents Cross River South Senatorial District, is another defector.
Otu was denied the party’s ticket for a re-election in Cross River South, which was given to Chief Geshom Bassey, the Chairman of the state Water Board.
Otu, however, settled down with the Labour Party where he had become the party’s candidate for the February 14 senatorial election for Cross River South.
Gemade lost the PDP ticket in his senatorial district to Governor Gabriel Suswan of Benue State and decided to join the APC, which had subsequently given him the ticket for the second term in the Senate.
Senator Mohammed Magoro representing Kebbi South on the platform of the PDP also joined his colleague, Senator Bagudu, of the APC.
Esuene, who was one of the aggrieved 22 governorship aspirants in Akwa Ibom State that rejected the outcome of the primary that handed the governorship party ticket to Emmanuel Udom, had also defected to the APC.
Abatemi-Usman, who lost the ticket to return on the platform of the PDP, has picked the ticket of the Progressive Peoples Party.
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