defection

Nigeria's main opposition party faces deepening turmoil as two Adamawa senators defect to the ruling APC, reducing PDP's Senate representation to 14 seats while factional disputes over party control intensify.

Nigeria's main opposition party faces twin crises as three more senators join the ruling APC, pushing it toward a constitutional supermajority, while former Sokoto governor Aminu Tambuwal defects to ADC citing irreconcilable internal divisions.