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Two senators from Akwa Ibom State, Sampson Ekong representing Akwa Ibom South and Aniekan Bassey representing Akwa Ibom North-East, have officially defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Senate President Godswill Akpabio read their letters of defection during plenary on Wednesday.

The development comes just days after two senators from Osun State, Olubiyi Fadeyi and Francis Fadahunsi, also resigned their membership of the PDP over unresolved internal party crises but did not indicate their next political move.

Fadeyi, who represents Osun Central, announced his resignation in a letter dated July 12, 2025, addressed to the PDP Ward 3 chairman, Oke Ejigbo, Ila Orangun, Osun State.

The letter partly read, “I wish to formally notify you that I am resigning my membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with immediate effect. Irreconcilable differences and irreparable division that have emerged and court cases and counter court cases in the last 3 years, which have created faction in the party at the national level. This was concluded after consultation and engagement with my political associates, family and friends.”

Similarly, Fadahunsi, who represents Osun East, tendered his resignation in a letter dated June 12, 2025, which surfaced on social media on Saturday. He also cited persistent crises and protracted legal battles within the PDP as his reason.

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The National Secretary of the APC, Senator Ajibola Basiru, former Minister of Labour and Productivity, Senator Chris Ngige and some members of the House of Representatives were at the hallowed chamber in solidarity with the party following the defection.

PDP has been seriously decimated.

ADC is a sleeping-coalition party

APC is now All Progressive Coalition


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They are welcome to the progressives.

Power remains in the South till 2031, in the earliest..

We are still watching the North, if they didn't behave in 2027, then we would hand over to Wike or Akpabio in 2031. Heavens will not fall.

How many times will Ajagunla decamp from Osun decamp, he did and presented himself to Igbin Iragbiji.

NgeneUkwenu:
They are welcome to the progressives.

Power remains in the South till 2031, in the earliest..

We are still watching the North, if they didn't behave in 2027, then we would hand over to Wike or Akpabio in 2027. Heavens will not fall.

Una just wan crush Amaechi and Obi with your bare hands

Aminda, as usual, come and cook up some hypothetical scenario for 2027. Give us some of those your wild-dream permutations about how 1+1= 11

Some people would tell you these things dont matter, but for any politician, they would rather have elected officials and their structures with them than have those people on the other side

Those that celebrated "ex this and that" would come here to tell us an actively serving decamping Senator isnt a biggie

fergie001:
Una just wan crush Amaechi and Obi with your bare hands

Some of your ADC friends like Aminda and Penguin2 would argue that governors don't matter when it comes to presidential election. As it stands now, who exactly will mobilize for Atiku in states like Akwa Ibom, Delta, Bayelsa, Edo and Cross River in 2027?

In Akwa Ibom for example. there is no opposition party again. Both the APC and PDP structures have now been merged. Something similar will happen in Bayelsa. So, how can anyone defeat APC in those states? As it stands, Atiku won't even get 25% in any southern states except he runs with Peter Obi which is looking unlikely.

fergie001:
Una just wan crush Amaechi and Obi with your bare hands

. We want to make the 2027 election a mere formalities...

ALTERNATEID:
Some of your ADC friends like Aminda and Penguin2 would argue that governors don't matter when it comes to presidential election. As it stands now, who exactly will mobilize for Atiku in states like Akwa Ibom, Delta, Bayelsa, Edo and Cross River in 2027?

In Akwa Ibom for example. there is no opposition party again. Both the APC and PDP structures have now been merged. Something similar will happen in Bayelsa. So, how can anyone defeat APC in those states? As it stands, Atiku won't even get 25% in any southern states except he runs with Peter Obi which is looking unlikely.

He will be too lucky to get 10% in any of the 17 Southern States..

So why is everyone avoiding LP and ADC? What happened to mama, papa, pikin?

NgeneUkwenu:
They are welcome to the progressives.

Power remains in the South till 2031, in the earliest..

We are still watching the North, if they didn't behave in 2027, then we would hand over to Wike or Akpabio in 2027. Heavens will not fall.

If the north support Atiku and Tinubu still win, they should be ready for Tinubu handing over to south south cos we go too embrace am. This warning to the north. South south will deliver 10m vote to Tinubu by hook or crook. Since some of them don't believe in Southern power shift but they guide power shifting to north. Let the north central delivers 80% of thier vote to Tinubu then they can get the presidency but not NW and NE delivery to Atiku and will now want power in 2031. Na trap Tinubu dey set for them.

Current political office holders are avoiding ADC.
Current political office losers are jumping into ADC.

Why?

OK

OK

just see what The United State told its citizens to stay off Nigeria ,


our leaders should know that it is bad news for the country like Nigeria.




Princess Faith Chukwuamaka

Atiku can win and will likely in half of the northern states if he stands election in 2027. The rest northern states belong to Tinubu and all the southern states. If Peter Obi contests on any party, he will win half of the southern states and the rest belongs to Tinubu.

If Atiku stands election with Obi as Vice, they can make more impact, but might not still defeat Tinubu. If Obi stands election under ADC (hmmm, a party of many fluid politicians, congenital defectors, and natural political normads), and Yiku decides to work for Obi (very unlikely), then ADC will make better impact. But Tinubu is still likely to win.


My verdict: Whoever stands election against Tinubu in 2027 will fail. Reason? I want the North to taste their own soup from 2027 June when Tinubu won't owe them anything again. HellFufy did not complain about the misrule of Bubu era for good 8 years. He has no moral grounds to complain now.

By next year, APC will revive programs to pump money into where they don't have support, like they used to do with Trader Moni and Osinbajo.

Meanwhile someone should help me ask ex VP Osinbajo whether Trader Moni has ended. The evil men do...

That was a classic vote buying tactics. You won't hear of Trader Moni except that state is having elections, and they believed we were too fooooolish to know.

This country na wa o.

NgeneUkwenu:
They are welcome to the progressives.

Power remains in the South till 2031, in the earliest..

We are still watching the North, if they didn't behave in 2027, then we would hand over to Wike or Akpabio in 2027. Heavens will not fall.

Indeed it won't

Please take a moment to write a quality post with at least 40 characters.

ADC is not worth defecting to. 2027 is settled. The coalition that has failed to coalesce should go and prepare for 2031.

ALTERNATEID:
Some of your ADC friends like Aminda and Penguin2 would argue that governors don't matter when it comes to presidential election. As it stands now, who exactly will mobilize for Atiku in states like Akwa Ibom, Delta, Bayelsa, Edo and Cross River in 2027?

In Akwa Ibom for example. there is no opposition party again. Both the APC and PDP structures have now been merged. Something similar will happen in Bayelsa. So, how can anyone defeat APC in those states? As it stands, Atiku won't even get 25% in any southern states except he runs with Peter Obi which is looking unlikely.

Who told you Atiku will be the presidential candidate of the coalition?

And talking about governors’ influence on elections, in 2019, Okowa was a sitting governor and vice presidential running mate to Atiku but did that stop Obi from winning Delta with more than 50% of votes cast?

NgeneUkwenu:
. We want to make the 2027 election a mere formalities...

Why?

Madam NgeneUkwenu, why?

Again I say, why, why, why?

Very old news 😎










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NgeneUkwenu:
He will be too lucky to get 10% in any of the 17 Southern States..

While nasarawa, Benue Jos kogi and kwara will never vote a Fulani man to continue killing their people

NgeneUkwenu:
They are welcome to the progressives.

Power remains in the South till 2031, in the earliest..

We are still watching the North, if they didn't behave in 2027, then we would hand over to Wike or Akpabio in 2027. Heavens will not fall.

Hahaha.... 2031 you mean to say.

Pls try and correct that.

EvilMerodack:
Aminda, as usual, come and cook up some hypothetical scenario for 2027. Give us some of those wild-dream permutations about how 1+1=11

Some people would tell you these things don't matter, but for any politician, they would rather have elected officials and their structures with them than have those people on the other side

Those that celebrated "ex this and that" would come here to tell us an actively serving decamping Senator isn't a biggie

I am suspecting that the AMINDA character is a bot. I am surprised that he has not yet descended on this thread.

Okoroawusa:
I am suspecting that the AMINDA character is a bot. I am surprised that he has not yet descended on this thread.

Okoroawusa, before you suspect anything or be surprised at anything, why not descend on this one by your master, the FCT minister. Politicians are decamping to secure their retirement. Ask yourself, what's in it for you?

Penguin2:
Who told you Atiku will be the presidential candidate of the coalition?

And talking about governors’ influence on elections, in 2019, Okowa was a sitting governor and vice presidential running mate to Atiku but did that stop Obi from winning Delta with more than 50% of votes cast?

This one is still sleeping on bicycle
You better wake up

NgeneUkwenu:
They are welcome to the progressives.

Power remains in the South till 2031, in the earliest..

We are still watching the North, if they didn't behave in 2027, then we would hand over to Wike or Akpabio in 2031. Heavens will not fall.

This is exactly what I told that dull aminda yesterday
He’s yet to realize this is the weakest the North has been in decades . The terrorism they manufactured to embarrass OBJ and GEJ has come 360 to hunt them .

They can’t even convince the Christian middle belt to ride with them .

Their best bet is to support Asiwaju massively in 2027 no matter how bitter it might be .

If they misbehave, power would go to a Christian northerner or the SS( the ones feeding the whole nation with their oil ) and heaven won’t fall .

Atiku has showed us there’s nothing like zoning 😂😂