National Television Shuns Defection Of APC’s Senators To PDP

The Nigerian Television Authority today shunned happening at the Senate that gifted opposition political party, People’s Democratic Party (PDP) more members.

The development violates professional ethics as well as the main objective for setting up the station.

Fifteen Senators including Dino Melaye defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress to the PDP.

The defection came after security operatives stormed the residences of Senate President Bukola Saraki and his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu.

Societynow.ng confirmed NTA stations blanked out the defection at the Senate opting to show ‘’some other things’’.

The NTA as a national television station was set up to broadcast all happenings of national import.

The Senators that defected from the APC to the PDP are

Rabi’u Kwankwaso (Kano-Central), Dino Melaye (Kogi-West), Adesoji Akanbi (Oyo-South), Monsurat Sunmonu (Oyo-Central), Rafiu Ibrahim (Kwara-South), Suleiman Hunkuyi (Kaduna-North), and Lanre Tejuoso (Ogun-Central).

Others are Usman Nafada (Gombe), Ibrahim Dambaba (Sokoto), Mohammed Shittu (Jigawa) Isa Misau (Bauchi) Suleiman Nazif (Bauchi) Shaaba Lafiagi (Kwara) and Barnabas Gemade (Benue) and Senator Abdul-Azeez Murtala-Nyako (Adamawa)