Defections spark Senate clash as Abaribe risk losing seat

Enyinnaya Abaribe, Senate minority leader

Tensions rose on the Senate floor on Thursday following the formal defection of nine senators from minority parties to the African Democratic Congress (ADC), sparking a heated debate over whether constitutional provisions should be invoked against Enyinnaya Abaribe of Abia South. The dispute cent

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