Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has received a group of former members of the PDP from Igalamela/Odolu Local Government Area of the state into the ruling APC. The governor received the defectors on Monday at the Government House Lokoja. He expressed appreciation to the defectors for recognising the achievements...
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Some leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Akure South Local Government Area of Ondo State with their supporters have defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The defectors, led by Mr Smart Oloye, a former Deputy Chairman of PDP in Akure South Local Government, were received...
Mr Simon Egboh, Labour Party Ward Chairman in Bunyia/Okubuchi Ward, Boki Local Government Area, Cross River, has defected to the All Progressive Congress (APC). Egboh announced the defection on Monday in Boki LGA during the campaign tour of Mr Hilary Bisong, a lawmaker representing Boki 2 in the Cross...
Ahead of the March 18 Governorship/House of Assembly election, Mr Isaac Omodewu, the Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State, says members of five pro-PDP groups have defected to the party. Omodewu, who made this known on Monday in Ibadan, while receiving the defectors to the party, said...
Hajiya Kulu Abdullahi, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Women Leader, Sokoto State, has dumped the party for the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the the March 18 Governorship and State House Assembly elections in the state. This development is contained in a statement issued by Bashar Abubakar, the Special...
The All Progressive Congress (APC) in Katsina State has received seven top members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and more than 10,000 of their supporters in Katsina on Tuesday. Most of the defectors are close associates of the former governor of the state, Alhaji Ibrahim Shema. Director-General of...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ebonyi on Friday, received hundreds of defectors from the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. The Party’s Gubernatorial candidate, Dr IfeanyiChukwuma Odii, who welcomed the decampees in Abakaliki, said the PDP is ready to win in the forthcoming general elections. “PDP as...
An influential PDP member in Sokoto State, Alhaji Ummarun Kwabo has led high profile members of the party into the APC during the campaign rally of Bola Tinubu in Sokoto on Thursday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that some of those who defected during the APC presidential...
At least 8000 people of Bassa community in Kwara on Wednesday defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), pledging their overwhelming votes for all APC candidates. The Bassa community in Kwara originated from states like Kogi, Nasarawa, Plateau, Niger, Benue and FCT,...
Hundreds of people, including youths and Women from various political parties, on Wednesday defected to the Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara chapter of the APC. APC Ekiti LG Chairman, Wale Awelewa, who received and handed them over to Rep Tunji Olawuyi, said they had equal rights like others...
BY ANKELI EMMAMUEL, Sokoto Ahead of the rally by the presidential candidate of All Progressive Congress (APC), Bola Ahmd Tinubu, indications have emerged that a top political bigwig in Sokoto State, Alhaji Umoron Kwobo (Jarman Sokoto) will be leading scores of his supporters to join the train of APC...
A chieftain of the Labour Party in Ebonyi State, Chief Henry Ude has defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). This is contained in a statement on Wednesday in Abakaliki signed by Chief Abia Onyike, the Director, Media and Publicity, PDP Governorship Campaign Council. Ude, one of the founding...
Alhaji Abubakar Kwaire, a Special Adviser to Gov. Aminu Tambuwal has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2023 general elections in the state. Kwaire, according to a statement by Bashar Abubakar, the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to Sen....
The All Progressives Congress (APC) received 10,000 defectors from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) and All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) into its fold in Kano on Sunday. Receiving the defectors, the convener of Tinubu Northwest Project 2023, Hajiya Umma-Salma Isyaka-Rabiu, said the purpose...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano State has received more defectors ahead of the February and March general elections in Dambatta and Makoda Local Government Areas of the state. The latest saw another scores of the ADC supporters, lead by its candidate for the House of Representatives for...
Scores of NNPP members in Yobe have abandoned the party for PDP, further complicating the party’s presidential ambition in the February poll. Dr Babayo Liman, the NNPP North-East Zonal Secretary, announced the defection while addressing newsmen on Tuesday in Damaturu. “We are here to inform the general public and...
The defection of executives of All Progressives Party (APC) in Ndokwa East Local Government Area of Delta to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will not affect APC’s chances at the coming elections. The assurance was given in Abuja on Sunday by Chief Tony Ndanenu, a chieftain of the...
A former lawmaker, who represented Akoko North East/West Federal Constituency of Ondo State, Stephen Olemija, has dumped the All Progressives Congress (APC) and joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The former lawmaker, who was received into PDP by Mr Fatai Adams, the PDP Chairman in the State, on Saturday...
Alhaji Murtala Dan-Iya, the Sokoto State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Treasurer has dumped the party membership ahead of the 2023 general elections. The development is contained in a resignation letter Dan-Iya personally signed and issued to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Sokoto on Friday. The latter was...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Social Democratic Party (SDP) Deputy Governorship candidate in Cross River State, Comrade Daniel Obo, has defected to the All Progressive Congress (APC) in his hometown, Obubra Local Government Area of the state. He was received into the APC on Thursday by the Chairman...