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In Nigeria, political defections are as common as the rainy season — sudden, sweeping, and often leaving chaos in their wake. From Bola Tinubu’s strategic leap from AD to APC, to Atiku Abubakar’s record-breaking five-party pilgrimage, the corridors of power are paved with a history of ideological somersaults and calculated moves. But as these heavyweight politicians hop from one party to another, the question remains: Is this a quest for ideology or merely a game of political survival?

DEFECTIONS OF TOP POLITICIANS: How Nigeria’s Top Politicians Switch Parties Like It’s a Game

1 Bola Tinubu: AD ➡ ACN ➡ APC
2 Kashim Shettima: ANPP ➡ APC
3 Muhammadu Buhari: ANPP ➡ CPC ➡ APC
4 George Akume: PDP ➡ ACN ➡ APC
5 Atiku Abubakar: PDP ➡ ACN ➡ PDP ➡️ APC ➡ PDP
6 Peter Obi: APGA ➡ PDP ➡ LP
7 Rabiu Kwankwaso: PDP ➡ APC ➡ PDP ➡ NNPP
8 Aminu Tambuwal: ANPP ➡ DPP ➡ ANPP ➡ PDP ➡ APC ➡ PDP
9 Godswill Akpabio: PDP ➡ APC
10 Bukola Saraki: PDP ➡ APC ➡ PDP
11 Rotimi Amaechi: PDP ➡ APC
12 Nasir El-Rufai: PDP ➡ CPC ➡ APC ➡ SDP
13 Bello Matawalle: ANPP ➡ PDP ➡ APC
14 Sheriff Oborevwori: PDP ➡ APC
15 Ifeanyi Okowa: PDP ➡ APC
16 Gbenga Daniel: PDP ➡ APC
17 David Umahi: PDP ➡ APC
18 Godwin Obaseki: APC ➡ PDP
19 Benedict Ayade: PDP ➡ APC
20 Femi Fani-Kayode: PDP ➡ APC ➡ PDP ➡ APC
21 Orji Uzor Kalu: PDP ➡ PPA ➡ PDP ➡ PPA ➡ APC
22 Nuhu Ribadu: ACN ➡ APC ➡ PDP ➡ APC
23 Peter Nwaoboshi: PDP ➡ APC
24 Rita Maduagwu: PDP ➡ APGA ➡ APC

#Statisense

TonyeBarcanista:
ACN -> APC is not defection! It's the product of a marriage as the previous party automatically becomes defunct while the successor party inherits everything about the former.

In otherwords, Tinubu moved once, AD to AC. ACN and APC are products of mergers.

Buhari moved once, ANPP to CPC.

Kashim Shetima has never defected.

Tochitee:
Just to justify the oloshoism of their agulu fraud??

wizelink:
Political oloshos

loffyloffy:
You can see how sectarian this Statisense is from this publication..and it is now clear they have an agenda.

PO became a governor under APGA even swore he will never leave the party, he moved to PDP, where he was a VP candidate and later LP.

All the three parties are still in existence, so clearly he has defected twice and I am pretty sure he will still defect for the next election.

BAT's movement is not a defection , as the parties merged in a coalition and the old parties no longer exists, at least not in the form it was before the merger.

Same thing Buhari, it was merger, not defection.

Statisense is rubbish being published as statistics

loffyloffy:
PO became a governor under APGA even swore he will never leave the party,

TonyeBarcanista:
ACN -> APC is not defection! It's the product of a marriage as the previous party automatically becomes defunct while the successor party inherits everything about the former.

In otherwords, Tinubu moved once, AD to AC. ACN and APC are products of mergers.

Buhari moved once, ANPP to CPC.


Kashim Shetima has never defected.

loffyloffy:
You can see how sectarian this Statisense is from this publication..and it is now clear they have an agenda.

PO became a governor under APGA even swore he will never leave the party, he moved to PDP, where he was a VP candidate and later LP.

All the three parties are still in existence, so clearly he has defected twice and I am pretty sure he will still defect for the next election.

BAT's movement is not a defection , as the parties merged in a coalition and the old parties no longer exists, at least not in the form it was before the merger.

Same thing Buhari, it was merger, not defection.

Statisense is rubbish being published as statistics

TonyeBarcanista:
ACN -> APC is not defection! It's the product of a marriage as the previous party automatically becomes defunct while the successor party inherits everything about the former.

In otherwords, Tinubu moved once, AD to AC. ACN and APC are products of mergers.

Buhari moved once, ANPP to CPC.

Kashim Shetima has never defected.

PulaPower:
AD & ACN are both same party with change of names..

Tinubu never decamped from any party before..

loffyloffy:
You can see how sectarian this Statisense is from this publication..and it is now clear they have an agenda.

PO became a governor under APGA even swore he will never leave the party, he moved to PDP, where he was a VP candidate and later LP.

All the three parties are still in existence, so clearly he has defected twice and I am pretty sure he will still defect for the next election.

BAT's movement is not a defection , as the parties merged in a coalition and the old parties no longer exists, at least not in the form it was before the merger.

Same thing Buhari, it was merger, not defection.

Statisense is rubbish being published as statistics

PulaPower:
AD & ACN are both same party with change of names..

Tinubu never decamped from any party before..

loffyloffy:
You can see how sectarian this Statisense is from this publication..and it is now clear they have an agenda.

PO became a governor under APGA even swore he will never leave the party, he moved to PDP, where he was a VP candidate and later LP.

All the three parties are still in existence, so clearly he has defected twice and I am pretty sure he will still defect for the next election.

BAT's movement is not a defection , as the parties merged in a coalition and the old parties no longer exists, at least not in the form it was before the merger.

Same thing Buhari, it was merger, not defection.

Statisense is rubbish being published as statistics