Senators Enyinnaya Abaribe and Yahaya Abdullahi have formally resigned their positions as the minority and majority leaders of the Senate
The Senate President Ahmad Lawan announced this while reading their resignation letters at the resumption of plenary.
Their resignation followed their defection from the political parties on which they were elected as senators.
While Abaribe left the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Abdullahi defected to PDP from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Similarly, Another letter from Senator Adamu Aliero 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 replaced.
The vacant positions do not call for election on the floor of the senate .
From the Senates standing rule It beholds on the senate caucus of the zone to select a replacement .
The caucus is expected to write their party about the nomination for onward transmission to the Senate President for announcement.
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