Three Senators of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have resigned their membership of the ruling party.
The senators are: Ahmad Babba Kaita (Katsina North), Lawal Gumau (Bauchi South) and Francis Alimikhena (Edo North).
The notices of their resignation and defection are contained in three separate letters read during plenary by the President of the Senate President, on Tuesday.
While Kaita and Alimikhena defected to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Gumau, on the other hand, defected to the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP).
