PDP loses Rivers senator to APC

The Senator representing Rivers West, Osinakachukwu Ideozu, has defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Majority Leader of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, announced Osinakachukwu’s defection at plenary on Wednesday.
With this, the three senators from Rivers, a PDP controlled state, are now members of the APC.
The others are Senator Andrew Uchendu (Rivers East) and Magnus Abe (Rivers South East).