Fifteen Nigerian senators defect from ruling APC party: Senate president's aide

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News ID: 26426
Publish Date: 15:17 - 24 July 2018
TEHRAN, July 24 -Fifteen Nigerian senators defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress party on Tuesday, leaving it with minority in the upper house of parliament, an aide to the Senate president said on Twitter.

Fifteen Nigerian senators defect from ruling APC party: Senate president's aideTEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) -Fifteen Nigerian senators defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress party on Tuesday, leaving it with minority in the upper house of parliament, an aide to the Senate president said on Twitter.

Senate President Bukola Saraki said 15 senators had “decamped”, without giving details

A faction of President Muhammadu Buhari’s ruling party said this month it no longer supported his government.

Source:Reuters

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