nigeria political party defection news

The deputy speaker, Bauchi State House of Assembly, Abdulmumini Bala Fanti, three other state lawmakers and two senatorial aspirants have dumped the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Peoples Redemption Party ( PRP). The state lawmakers that defected to the PRP were Ibrahim Bello Katagum...

The Social Democratic Party (SDP) says it has announced the defection of a serving House of Representative member from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to the party. The defected lawmaker according to a statement issued by SDP national publicity..... Read more via Nigeria News...

The Chief of Staff and son-in-law to Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo state, Uche Nwosu has dumped the All Progressives Congress for the Democratic Peoples’ Party, (DPP). According to information gathered by Naija News, Nwosu, some members of the state house of assembly, as well … Read more...

Former Governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has given reasons he dumped the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the All Progressives Congress, APC. Uduaghan also stated reasons he withdrew his support from his successor, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa during the 2014 PDP governorship...

Ahead of 2019 general elections , about 2000 supporters of People Democratic Party in Gombe State have defected to the All Progressives Congress APC in the State including by the younger brother of Governor Ibrahim Dankwambo Buhari Dankwambo came after the failed efforts of his brother and some...

No fewer than 3,000 members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State have dumped the party and joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The event was held on Sunday at the country home of the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki located at Ile-Leko … Read more via Thisdaylive...

The governorship candidate of the Alliance for Democracy (AD) in the last election in Ondo State, Chief Olusola Oke may have perfected plan to defect to the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) with his supporters from the All Progressives Congress (APC). Oke joined the APC shortly after he lost he...

Nigeria’s deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu has refuted claims that he was planning to leave the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) "In the past 24 hours, I have been inundated with calls from friends and political associates … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper – Nigeria and...

Senatorial and House of Representatives’ aspirants, who lost out in the recent controversial primaries on the platforms of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Imo State, have defected to the Social Democratic Party (SDP) to pursue their political...

Ahead of the 2019 general elections, the structure of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Obot Akara Local Government Area collapsed at the weekend with the defection of all the chapter chairmen and leaders as well as over 5,000 others who pitched their tent with ruling Peoples Democratic …...

Dino Melaye, the Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District, on Saturday, October 20, 2018, reacted to Shehu Sani’s exit from the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC. The senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District resigned his membership of the APC on Saturday...

After over two months annual recess, both legislative chambers of the Eighth National Assembly resumed plenary a fortnight ago. A lot of water has passed under the bridge since lawmakers proceeded on recess on July 24, 2018. These include defection of Senate President, Bukola … Read more...

Daily Post is reporting that Blessing Onuh-Mark, the daughter of the former Senate President David Mark, has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, after she lost the party’s ticket for Otukpo/Ohimini Federal Constituency to her uncle Johnson Egli Ahubi. According to the newspaper, Onuj...

The crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State worsened yesterday as some aggrieved members of the party threatened to dump the party over the intractable disputes arising from the outcome of the party’s primaries. The aggrieved members include the supporters of APC...

The All Progressives Congress, APC, stakeholders in Imo State are holding discussions with the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democrstic Party, PDP, Chief Emeka Ihedioha, with the aim of supporting the party if Senator Hope Uzodinma fails to clinche the governorship ticket … Read more...

Former Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Ndutimi Alaibe has finally dumped the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The APC chieftain decamped on Friday with 6,200 supporters, according to a Government House statement, and was...

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, on Thursday stormed the national secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abuja. Accompanied by some of his supporters, Dogara announced that he had dumped the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)... Read more via...

The Speaker of the Oyo State House of Assembly, Mr Olagunju Ojo, the Minority Leader, and five other lawmakers on Tuesday defected to three different parties. The Clerk of the House, Mr Paul Bankole, read the separate letters of defection by … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper –...

The Clerk of the House, Mr Paul Bankole, read the separate letters of defection by the lawmakers during the plenary session in Ibadan. The Speaker of the Oyo State House of Assembly, Mr Olagunju Ojo, the Minority Leader, and five other lawmakers … Read more via pulse.ng – Nigeria’s...

Senator Ayogu Eze is set to be received into the All Progressives Congress, APC at a ceremony expected to be graced by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and the leadership of the party led by the national chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole. Ayogu Eze The welcoming ceremony styled “Welcoming the …...