By Joshua Tosin Ogunsakin 
The three senators from Kebbi State on Tuesday officially defected from the Peoples Democracy Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) on the floor of the Senate.
Senators Adamu Aliero (Kebbi Central), Yahaya Abdullahi (Kebbi North) and Garba Maidoki (Kebbi South), are the latest lawmakers to dump the PDP for the APC following a wave of defections that has hit the party.
The defection of Aliero, Abdullahi, Maidoki brings the number of senators on the platform of the APC in the 10th Senate to 68 while the PDP dropped to 30 members from 33.
In the current composition of the Nigerian Senate, the All Progressives Congress (APC) leads with 68 members, followed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which holds 30 seats.
Other political parties represented include the Labour Party (LP) with five senators, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) with two, while the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) have one senator each.
Meanwhile, two seats remain vacant following the death of Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, who represented Anambra South, and the emergence of Senator Monday Okpebholo, the former representative of Edo Central, as the new Governor of Edo State.