{"id":25216,"date":"2018-07-24T11:40:56","date_gmt":"2018-07-24T10:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=25216"},"modified":"2018-07-24T11:40:56","modified_gmt":"2018-07-24T10:40:56","slug":"breaking-kwankwaso-melaye-defect-to-pdp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/breaking-kwankwaso-melaye-defect-to-pdp\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Kwankwaso, Melaye Defect To PDP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Rabiu Kwankwaso, senator representing Kano central, and Dino Melaye, senator representing Kogi west, have defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from the All Progressives Congress (APC).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Melaye and Kwankwaso were among the 15 senators who announced their defection on Tuesday.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>The notice of defection was contained in a letter read by Senate President Bukola Saraki on the floor of the upper legislative chamber.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rabiu Kwankwaso, senator representing Kano central, and Dino Melaye, senator representing Kogi west, have defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from the All Progressives Congress (APC). 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