Abdullahi, Abaribe resign formerly as Senate Majority, Minority Leaders

Senators Yahaya Abdullahi and Enyinnaya Abaribe have formally resigned their positions as the majority and minority leaders of the Senate respectively.
President of the senate Ahmad Lawan announced the development while at the resumption of plenary on Tuesday.
Their resignation followed their defection from the political parties on which they were elected as senators.
While Abdullahi defected to PDP from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Abaribe dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA),
Lawan said: “Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe decamped from the PDP to APGA.
Lawan however said he will read Abaribe’s letter which he received two weeks ago on Wednesday at the chamber
Also, Senator Yahaya Abdullahi, in his resignation letter, said he left APC due to lack of internal democracy in the party.

“Politics is local. I can’t continue to work for the government at the centre while my people are wallowing in abject poverty.

“After failing to get justice in APC, I have moved to the PDP,” Senator Abdullahi said.

The letter of Senator Adamu Aliero (Kebbi), announcing his defection from APC to PDP, was also read on the floor of the Senate.
Meanwhile, the vacancy created by their exit from senate’s leadership positions are yet to be filled.
The vacant positions do not call for election on the floor of the senate .
It therefore falls on the senate caucus of the zone that produced the principal officer to select a replacement from their zone .
The caucuses are expected to write their party about the nomination for onward transmission to the Senate President for announcement.