Three lawmakers of the 10th Nigerian Senate are set to join the All Progressives Congress (APC), the national chairman of the party, Abdullahi Ganduje has informed President Bola Tinubu.
Ganduje said the senators would be joining the ruling APC from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The party’s national chairman informed the president of the move by the lawmaker when he led some former governors and political stakeholders of the Caliphate of Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara states to the Presidential Villa.
In a post made by Olusegun Dada, the special assistant to the president on social media, Ganduje led the politicians to visit the president on Friday, May 8.
According to Dada, the former Kano State governor, told the president that the Senators would announce their defection to the APC on the floor of the Senate on Tuesday, May 13, 2025.
He wrote, “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu hosts Governors, Former Governors and Political Stakeholders of the Caliphate of Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara.
“APC chairman Abdulahi Ganduje led the stakeholders to the Presidential Villa where they informed Mr President that all three PDP Senators from Kebbi State will decamp to the APC on the floor of the Senate next week Tuesday,” Dada said.
In another post on X, Dada listed the lawmakers who have concluded plans to join the APC.
He said all three senators, formerly of the PDP have completed their medicals and are on their way to the APC.
Below is a list of the PDP Senator joining the APC on May 13:
1 Senator Adamu Aliero representing Kebbi Central
2 Senator Yahaya Abubakar Abdullahi representing Kebbi North
3 Senator Garba Maidoki representing Kebbi South