Eight Lawmakers Defect To ADC As 27 Reps Cross-Carpet (FULL LIST)
House of Reps. Facebook: House of Representatives, Federal Republic of Nigeria A fresh wave of defections in the House of Representatives has given the African Democratic Congress (ADC) eight new members as politicians intensify realignments ahead of the 2027 general elections. Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-1672569656851-0"); }); The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, read the notices of defection during plenary on Tuesday. Twenty-seven lawmakers defected in what is one of the major political realignments in the Green Chamber, just less than one year before Nigerians head to the polls to elect their next set of leaders. The eight lawmakers who joined the ADC were made up of five reps from the PDP, two from the Labour Party (LP), and one from the APC. Meanwhile, the Action Peoples Party (APP) got two lawmakers, one each from the PDP and LP. It was a similar story with the Accord Party, with two new House of Representatives members from the PDP joining the party, which now rules Osun State. Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-1672569913499-0"); }); The lawmakers said their defections were due to an internal crisis in their former parties. House of Reps Defectors Below is a list of the lawmakers, the parties they defected from, and where they are headed: # Member of Parliament Former Party New Party Constituency / State 1 Aliu Madaki (Deputy Minority Leader) NNPP APC Dala (Kano) 2 George Ozodinobi (Deputy Minority Whip) LP ADC Njikoka/Anaocha/Dunukofia (Anambra) 3 Philip Agbese APC LP Ado/Okpokwu/Ogbadibo (Benue) 4 Ugochinyere Michael Ikeagwuonu PDP APP Ideato (Imo) 5 Abdussamad Dasuki PDP ADC Kebbe/Tambuwal (Sokoto) 6 Tijjani Abdulkadir Jobe NNPP APC Tofa/Dawakin-Tofa/Rimingado (Kano) 7 Seyi Sowunmi LP ADC Ojo (Lagos) 8 Mohammed Bassi PDP APC Mayo Belwa/Ganye/Jada/Toungo (Adamawa) 9 Ghali Tijjani Mustapha NNPP APC Ajingi/Albasu/Gaya (Kano) 10 Shehu Bello NNPP APC Fagge (Kano) 11 Dankawu Idris NNPP APC Kumbotso (Kano) 12 Hussain Hassan Shehu NNPP APC Nassarawa (Kano) 13 Rabiu Yusuf NNPP APC Sumaila/Takai (Kano) 14 Garba Mohammed Chiroma NNPP APC Gezawa/Gabasawa (Kano) 15 Ibrahim Mohammed (Kano) NNPP APC Gwale (Kano) 16 Jaafaru Yakubu PDP APC Bali/Gassol (Taraba) 17 Sadiq Abbas Tafida PDP APC Jalingo/Yorro/Zing (Taraba) 18 Ibrahim Mohammed (Kebbi) PDP APC Birnin-Kebbi/Kalgo/Bunza (Kebbi) 19 Bello Shinkafi PDP APC Shinkafi/Zurmi (Zamfara) 20 Harris Okonkwo LP ADC Idemili North/South (Anambra) 21 Yaya Bauchi Tongo PDP ADC Gombe/Kwami/Funakaye (Gombe) 22 Mustapha Abdullahi APC ADC Ikara/Kubau (Kaduna) 23 Mani Maishinko Katami PDP ADC Binji/Silame (Sokoto) 24 Umar Yusuf Yabo PDP ADC Yabo/Shagari (Sokoto) 25 Nwogu Mathew LP APP Aboh Mbaise/Ngor Okpala (Imo) 26 Akanni Clement Ademola PDP Accord Boluwaduro/Ifedayo/Ila (Osun) 27 Oladebo Lanre Olomololaye PDP Accord Ayedaade/Irewole/Isokan (Osun) Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-1672587799169-0"); }); Join Our Whatsapp Channel To join: Simply click on the link below & turn on notifications to get the latest updates Subscribe to Our Newsletter In This Article: ADC Defection More Stories Kano: Ex-Gov Candidate Gawuna Dumps APC Kwankwaso’s Defection: We’ve Been Vindicated That NNPP Isn’t Viable — Mohammed Jamo UPDATED: Obi, Tambuwal, Amaechi, Others In Kano As Kwankwaso Officially Joins ADC /* * * CONFIGURATION VARIABLES: EDIT BEFORE PASTING INTO YOUR WEBPAGE * * / var disqus_shortname = 'channelstelevision'; // Required - Replace example with your forum shortname / * * DON'T EDIT BELOW THIS LINE * * */ (function() { var dsq = document.createElement('script'); dsq.type = 'text/javascript'; dsq.async = true; dsq.src = '//' + disqus_shortname + '.disqus.com/embed.js'; (document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0] || document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0]).appendChild(dsq); })(); Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.