Number of Senators on the platform of the Peoples Democratic ( PDP) in the Senate which got depleted from 44 to 43 last year when Senator Ishaku Elisha Cliff ( Adamawa North ), defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress ( APC) , is set to reduce to 37 within the week .
One of the five senators set to defect from the party this week , Senator Muhammad Hassan Gusau ( Zamfara Central) , has set the ball rolling Tuesday by resigning from the party in a letter read by the President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan .
Gusau in the letter , hinged his resignation from PDP on alleged collapse of internal democracy and factionalisation of the party in Zamfara State .
This is aside Senator Peter Nwaoboshi ( Delta North ) , who defected from the party last week which earned him Presidential congratulation .
The three other Senators waiting at the departure lounge of the party , are Senators Lawali Hassan Anka ( Zamfara West ) , Senator Sahabi Ya’u ( Zamfara North) and Senator Stephen Odey ( Cross River North) .
Information however has it that while three out of the remaining four to formally announce their Defection on the floor of the Senate , Senator Sahabi Ya’u may not announce the Defection now .
Sources close to the Senator said being a principal officer as Deputy Minority Whip , he may not want to lose the position for now .
By the time the defections are officially made and carried out in the Senate’ , PDP which started with 44 Senators at the beginning of the 9th Senate in June 2019 will have 37 Senators while APC which started with 66 Senators will increase to 71 .
The remaining one seat is occupied by Senator Ifeanyi Ubah ( Abambra South) on the platform of the Young Progressives Party ( YPP) .
