{"id":6837,"date":"2025-06-10T10:13:52","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T10:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/?p=6837"},"modified":"2025-06-10T10:14:07","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T10:14:07","slug":"defections-hurricane-more-pdp-politicians-move-to-apc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/2025\/06\/10\/defections-hurricane-more-pdp-politicians-move-to-apc\/","title":{"rendered":"Defections: Hurricane, More PDP Politicians Move to APC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"chat-list relative custom-scrollbar-reset-margin custom-scrollbar custom-scrollbar-hidden custom-scrollbar-float pb-9 flex-1 overflow-y-auto scrollbar-gutter-stable\">\n<div class=\"mx-auto max-w-[790px]\">\n<div class=\"message-item-outer relative px-4 mb-4 group\/outer\" data-id=\"68480408446c9df33c3889ce\">\n<div class=\"message-item\">\n<div class=\"message-inner\">\n<div class=\"content-area py-[2px]\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2\">\n<div class=\"answer-markdown-box overflow-x-auto select-text custom-scrollbar\">\n<div class=\"markdown-body\">\n<p>Several Nigerian lawmakers are defecting from the PDP and LP to the APC ahead of the 2027 elections. Ten Akwa Ibom NASS members, including Senators Ekong Sampson and Aniekan Bassey, plus YPP member Emmanuel Ukpongudo, are joining Governor Umo Eno in the APC. Eno recently switched from PDP to APC, followed by the defection of two senators from Edo and Nasarawa.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the APC is actively recruiting more PDP governors, aiming to consolidate power across Nigeria. Akwa Ibom State\u2019s legislature appears to have largely transitioned, with most members supporting the move, driven by positive views of President Tinubu\u2019s government. Yesterday PDP in Lagos state collapsed its structure for Tinubu as they all joined APC led by Jandor.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Edo\u2019s Senator Neda Imasuen plans to leave the Labour Party for APC, citing disarray, while Nasarawa\u2019s Wadada is set to follow after disagreements with his former party\u2019s leadership.<\/p>\n<p>This wave of defections signals a significant shift, giving APC a commanding 23 states, leaving PDP with just 10. The political landscape is heating up as more governors and lawmakers consider switching alliances in the run-up to the next elections.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned for more updates as Nigerian politics continues to evolve.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several Nigerian lawmakers are defecting from the PDP and LP to the APC ahead of the 2027 elections. Ten Akwa Ibom NASS members, including Senators Ekong Sampson and Aniekan Bassey, plus YPP member Emmanuel&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6838,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6837"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6837\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6839,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6837\/revisions\/6839"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}