{"id":82918,"date":"2021-06-30T14:37:35","date_gmt":"2021-06-30T13:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=82918"},"modified":"2021-06-30T14:37:35","modified_gmt":"2021-06-30T13:37:35","slug":"breaking-three-senators-dump-pdp-for-apc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/breaking-three-senators-dump-pdp-for-apc\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Three senators dump PDP for APC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1703997147530499228\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Three Senators, including a principal officer, elected on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party, on Wednesday, notified the Senate of their decision to join the ruling All Progressives Congress.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">The senators are: the Minority Whip, Sahabi Ya\u2019u (Zamfara North); Peter Nwaoboshi (Delta North); and Lawal Anka (Zamfara West).The lawmakers made their decision to dump PDP for APC known in separate letters read on the floor of the Red Chamber by Senate President Ahmad Lawan, during plenary.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>The senators, in the letter, said they left the PDP due to the divisions at various levels.<\/p>\n<p>Lawan, in a remark, congratulated the new APC senators for their decision to move to the ruling party.<\/p>\n<p>Details later\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three Senators, including a principal officer, elected on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party, on Wednesday, notified the Senate of their decision to join the ruling All Progressives Congress. 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