Nigeria, Oct. 30 -- Bayelsa East Senator, Benson Agadaga, has defected from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

His defection was announced in a letter read by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, towards the end of Wednesday's plenary.

In the letter, Mr Agadaga said his decision to leave the PDP was due to internal crises within the party, which he claimed had made the party lose its popularity in Nigeria and across Africa.

The lawmaker mocked the PDP over its lingering crisis, saying the party's symbol which is the umbrella is leaking and has been torn into shreds.

"It is most astonishing and deeply disheartening to observe that the world's proud and largest political party...