July 23, 2025
Ahead of the 2027 general election, political realignments seem to have taken centre stage at the floor of the national assembly, as four Senators elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Wednesday formally dumped their party for the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.
The Senate president, Senator Godswill Akpabio, read their separate letters in the chamber where they cited irreconcilable differences in the PDP as reason for their defection.
Akpabio, after reading their letters at the hallowed chamber, directed the Clerk of the Senate to document their defection.
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The Senators who formally cross-carpeted on Wednesday included Senators Aniekan Bassey, Akwa Ibom North East and Samson Ekong, Akwa Ibom South.
Others are Senators Francis Fadahunsi, Osun East and Oluwole Olubiyi, Osun Central.
With the lastest defection of the four PDP Senators, the senate is composed of APC 70, PDP 28; Labour Party 5, SDP 2, NNPP 1, and APGA 1 respectively.
