The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) suffered another major blow in the Senate on Tuesday as Ipalibo Banigo of Rivers West officially defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), reducing the party’s numbers in the upper chamber from 18 to 17, a sharp decline from the 36 senators PDP held
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