Nigeria, May 10 -- Three Kebbi State senators elected under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday met with President Bola Tinubu ahead of their speculated defection to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

Adamu Aliero (Kebbi Central and former governor of the state); Yahaya Abdullahi (Kebbi North), and Garba Maidoki (Kebbi South) met the president at the Aso Rock Villa in Abuja on Friday.

They were led to the meeting by the National Chairperson of the APC, Abdullahi Ganduje.

Mr Ganduje hinted that the lawmakers would formally join the APC next week at the Senate plenary.

The Kebbi State Governor, Nasir Idris; Sokoto State Governor Ahmad Aliyu; and the Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Atiku Bagudu, attended the m...