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18 Reps members dump ADC, as 17 defect to NDC, 1 to APC
17 members of the House of Representatives have defected from the African Democratic Congress (ADC) to the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC).
Their defections were announced during plenary on Tuesday, alongside that of another Rep member Leke Abejide, who defected from the ADC to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Lawmakers who defected to the NDC comprise: Yusuf Datti, Uchenna Okonkwo, Adamu Wakili, Thaddeus Attah, George Ozodinobi, Lilian Orogbu, Oluwaseyi Sowunmi, Peter Aniekwe, Mukhtar Zakari, George Oluwande.
Others include: Munachim Umezuruike, Emeka Idu, Jesse Onuakalusi, Ifeanyi Uzokwe, Afam Ogene, Murphy Omoruyi and Abdulhakeem Ado.
The defections come two days after former governor of Anambra State Peter Obi and his Kano State counterpart Musa Kwankwaso dumped the ADC and officially joined the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC).
Obi and Kwankwaso received the membership cards of the NDC on Sunday, after a closed-door meeting with party leaders, where they were welcomed into the party by Senator Seriake Dickson, former governor of Bayelsa State and national leader of the NDC.
Obi, who was the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate and a frontline aspirant for the ADC presidential ticket ahead of the 2027 general election, confirmed his resignation from the ADC in a carefully worded statement on his verified X handle (formerly Twitter) on Sunday, citing intra-party crisis as the main reason behind his exit from the party.
The former Anambra governor decried the systemic challenges that have bedevilled the Nigerian political space stating that the “environment…has become increasingly toxic” as the “system that should protect and create opportunities for decent living” now works against the people.
He condemned a system where “intimidation, insecurity, endless scrutiny, and discouragement have become normal.”
Speaking on the reason behind his exit from the coalition, Obi stated he had no personal issues with leaders and fellow contenders in the party, noting however that the same crisis and hostilities that crippled the Labour Party have now found their way into the ADC.
