Unic Press UK: President Muhammadu Buhari has met the Senators under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as he desperately seeks to limit the major cracks within the party after several lawmakers’ in the National Assembly defected other opposition parties.
The Senators at the presidential villa during the meeting with President Buhari were Shehu Sani, Adamu Aleiro, Bala Ibn Na-Allah, Aliyu Wammako, Ibrahim Gobir, Kabiru Marafa, Abu Ibrahim, Kabiru Gaya, Barau Jibrin, Abdullahi Gumel, Ahmed Lawan, , Ali Ndume, Abubakar Kyari, Baba Kaka Garbai, Aliyu Abdullahi, David Umaru, , Abdullahi Adamu, George Akume, Francis Alimekhina, Andrew Uchendu, Magnus Abe, Ovie Omo-Agege, John Enoh, Nelson Effiong, Andy Uba, Sunny Ugboji, Hope Uzodinma, Ben Uwajimogu, Yusuf Abubakar, Oluremi Tinubu, Gbenga Ashafa, Solomon Adeola, Tayo Alasoadura, , Soji Akanbi, Ajayi Boroffice, Yele Omogunwa, Fatima Rasaki, Olanrewaju Tejuoso, Yahaya Abdullahi, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.
On Tuesday, fourteen elected Senators under the platform of the ruling party in Nigeria, the All Progressives Congress (APC), defected to other opposition political parties, causing the APC to lose the majority control in the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Yesterday, the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, formally announced that he has resigned his membership of the troubled party.
