Aduda takes over as Minority Leader after Abaribe quits PDP

Aduda has been in the Senate since 2011 to represent Abuja Federal Capital Territory on the platform of the PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party has nominated Senator Philip Aduda as the new Minority Leader of the Senate.

Also nominated was Senator Chukwuka Utazi as the new Minority Whip.

The nominations were contained in a letter signed by the National Secretary of the PDP, Senator Samuel Anyawu.

The letter was read at the start of the plenary by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan.

A statement by Ezrel Tabiowo, spokesman to the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, says the appointments were to fill the vacant positions created by the resignation of former PDP minority leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe.

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Abaribe, last week, formally announced his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).

Also, the PDP in its letter to the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, explained that Senator Utazi’s nomination as the new Minority Whip, was as a result of the elevation of Senator Aduda to the position of Minority Leader.