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Senate: APC Set To Occupy 2/3 Seats, APGA Increases To 2 by Pakute(op): 4:59pm On Aug 18, 2025
Senators on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), need just one more seat to form 2/3 majority of membership of the 10th Senate with their current 72 in number from 59 in June, 2023.

This is as the All Progressives Grand Alliance ( APGA) which had only one seat from Abia South Senatorial District in 2023 , increased to two on Sunday with victory of its candidate, Emmanuel Nwachukwu from the Anambra South senatorial election conducted on Saturday by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Number of APC Senators in the Senate increased from 71 to 72 on Sunday with the victory of its candidate in the Edo Central Senatorial election, Dr Joseph Ikpea.

APC had before Ipea’s victory from the bye-election in Edo Central, increased from 70 to 71 in number with defection of Senator Aliyu Wadada Ahmed (Nasarawa West) from Social Democratic Party (SDP) into it.


Road to 2/3 majority for Senators on the platform of APC had through gale of defections, fast tracked in plenary on July 23, when through separate letters, Senators Francis Fadaunsi (Osun East), Olubiyi Fadeyi (Osun Central), Aniekan Bassey (Akwa Ibom North East) and Sampson Ekong (Akwa Ibom South), dumped their former party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Recalled that the four Senators in their separate letters , attributed their defections from PDP to APC to unending crisis rocking the party with attendant factionalization which according to them made PDP to be a sinking ship that can no longer take them to the centre where desired dividends of democracy can be delivered to their constituents.


The defectors in their letters also attributed their defection to the development – driven programmes and policies of the APC government under President Bola Tinubu.

Defection of the four Senators also reduced the number of PDP Senators in the 10th Senate to 28 from 36 it had at the beginning in June 2023.

Also, Senators on the platform of Labour party which were 8 at take off in June 2023 , have reduced to 5 , just as those on the platform of New Nigeria Peoples Party ( NNPP) , have also reduced to 1 from two , similar fate suffered by SDP penultimate week with defection of Senator Wadada from it to APC.

The current configuration of membership in the 10th Senate is 72 Senators for APC , 28 for PDP , 5 for Labour Party , 2 for APGA , one for Social Democratic Party (SDP) and one for NNPP, totalling the required 109 Senators.
https://blueprint.ng/senate-apc-set-to-occupy-2-3-seats-apga-increases-to-2/

Re: Senate: APC Set To Occupy 2/3 Seats, APGA Increases To 2 by zero8zero(m): 5:26pm On Aug 18, 2025
2027 is between Nigerians and APC 🤣🤣😂 how market?. Keep making mouth on social media, it can't go beyond your keyboard. Those who matters no send you.
Re: Senate: APC Set To Occupy 2/3 Seats, APGA Increases To 2 by chiiraq802(m): 5:36pm On Aug 18, 2025
Fat lie..... They ain't up to 72 again after what Atiku said "That he is waiting for the Governors and Federal House of Assembly members from APC that promised to defect with him. cheesy
Re: Senate: APC Set To Occupy 2/3 Seats, APGA Increases To 2 by Moroccoguy: 5:43pm On Aug 18, 2025
Waiting me I know be say where I dey get my steady daily bread 🥪🥪🥪 make them no close the shop, For now APC can have everything. By 2031 we go jam for senate.
Re: Senate: APC Set To Occupy 2/3 Seats, APGA Increases To 2 by bewla(m): 6:06pm On Aug 18, 2025
Ok 2026 loading

But will not go to sleep

because obi and his cohot are rowing like the moldock of Lord of Ring
Re: Senate: APC Set To Occupy 2/3 Seats, APGA Increases To 2 by Basic123:
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Re: Senate: APC Set To Occupy 2/3 Seats, APGA Increases To 2 by givedemwotowoto: 6:07pm On Aug 18, 2025
zero8zero:
2027 is between Nigerians and APC 🤣🤣😂 how market?. Keep making mouth on social media, it can't go beyond your keyboard. Those who matters no send you.
Still on course. Enjoy the euphoria while it lasts but it will be short lived cheesy
Re: Senate: APC Set To Occupy 2/3 Seats, APGA Increases To 2 by Appletek: 6:08pm On Aug 18, 2025
chiiraq802:
Fat lie..... They ain't up to 72 again after what Atiku said "That he is waiting for the Governors and Federal House of Assembly members from APC that promised to defect with him. cheesy
The Adamawa pickpocket that Adamawa voters seriously molested his political future last Saturday?

So, if you are a Senator, you will still decamp to ADC after Saturday's horrific manhandling of ADC?
Re: Senate: APC Set To Occupy 2/3 Seats, APGA Increases To 2 by Klington: 6:08pm On Aug 18, 2025
What a country huh Apc of all parties that even a foreign country designated a terrorist organization.
Re: Senate: APC Set To Occupy 2/3 Seats, APGA Increases To 2 by Appletek: 6:09pm On Aug 18, 2025
givedemwotowoto:
Still on course. Enjoy the euphoria while it lasts but it will be short lived cheesy
Your tears are steaming up.

By 2027, it will be hot enough to make eba.
Re: Senate: APC Set To Occupy 2/3 Seats, APGA Increases To 2 by Softmirror: 6:10pm On Aug 18, 2025
How many were they in 2023? And why has the number keep increasing? That is food for thought to the opposition.
Re: Senate: APC Set To Occupy 2/3 Seats, APGA Increases To 2 by FreeStuffsNG: 6:10pm On Aug 18, 2025
Pakute:
https://blueprint.ng/senate-apc-set-to-occupy-2-3-seats-apga-increases-to-2/
Empty barrels lo ma n pariwo. Ariwo kọ ni music o wink

Colosion lule pii!

Re: Senate: APC Set To Occupy 2/3 Seats, APGA Increases To 2 by tbrandzdpm: 6:10pm On Aug 18, 2025
Nigerians are not ready...the country is on an autopilot... so just follow the cruise


Pakute:
https://blueprint.ng/senate-apc-set-to-occupy-2-3-seats-apga-increases-to-2/
Re: Senate: APC Set To Occupy 2/3 Seats, APGA Increases To 2 by SatoshiX: 6:11pm On Aug 18, 2025
Nigeria shall be great again. Whether those unpatriotic elements likes of not, we shall rise again.
Re: Senate: APC Set To Occupy 2/3 Seats, APGA Increases To 2 by Putindbutt(m): 6:11pm On Aug 18, 2025
APC could have surpassed the majority number, sadly Ifeanyi Uba APC, Anambra has now been replaced by APGA, Jagaban APC Oyo has now been replaced by PDP. But it's only a matter when Tinubu returns, some people go decamp 😂
Re: Senate: APC Set To Occupy 2/3 Seats, APGA Increases To 2 by SatoshiX: 6:12pm On Aug 18, 2025
tbrandzdpm:
Nigerians are not ready...the country is on an autopilot... so just follow the cruise
Klington:
What a country huh Apc of all parties that even a foreign country designated a terrorist organization.
See tnme
givedemwotowoto:
Still on course. Enjoy the euphoria while it lasts but it will be short lived cheesy
See them? 😂 😂 People that bad news excite. God will continue to shame y'all
Re: Senate: APC Set To Occupy 2/3 Seats, APGA Increases To 2 by DarkkManB: 6:13pm On Aug 18, 2025
APC in full control of legislative arm. Be expecting defections into APC in the coming days. PDP had total control of power during Obasanjo's regim. Be like say na Yoruba things, them sabi the game
Re: Senate: APC Set To Occupy 2/3 Seats, APGA Increases To 2 by WhizdomXX(m): 6:15pm On Aug 18, 2025
I predicted this some days ago. No coordination by the opposition.
Re: Senate: APC Set To Occupy 2/3 Seats, APGA Increases To 2 by DarkkManB: 6:15pm On Aug 18, 2025
Klington:
What a country huh Apc of all parties that even a foreign country designated a terrorist organization.
foreign country or foreign court? So if high court in Nigeria proclaims USA a terrorist states, does that hold?
Re: Senate: APC Set To Occupy 2/3 Seats, APGA Increases To 2 by Vixlot: 6:16pm On Aug 18, 2025
God Bless President Bola Tinubu
God Bless Federal Republic of Nigeria
Re: Senate: APC Set To Occupy 2/3 Seats, APGA Increases To 2 by Nobody: 6:16pm On Aug 18, 2025
Na those wey their papa dey feed wey dey support heartless APC I pity ahead of when they will have to start paying their bills When PDP dey, them pity masses too much.
Re: Senate: APC Set To Occupy 2/3 Seats, APGA Increases To 2 by casualobserver: 6:17pm On Aug 18, 2025
Pakute:
https://blueprint.ng/senate-apc-set-to-occupy-2-3-seats-apga-increases-to-2/
They already have it. Soludo told the senator elect to go to Abuja and align with his “progressive brothers” that you are not there to do opposition.

In any event it’s not like the current senate are not already overwhelmingly pro govt whichever party they actually belong to. If anything the main opposition in the senate come from Ndume an APC man and Dickson.
Re: Senate: APC Set To Occupy 2/3 Seats, APGA Increases To 2 by Lanruze: 6:17pm On Aug 18, 2025
Politics -100%

Governance -0%

2027 Insha-Allah

God keep us alive.
Re: Senate: APC Set To Occupy 2/3 Seats, APGA Increases To 2 by Justiceleague1: 6:23pm On Aug 18, 2025
Question: have the country got it good or bad since the advent of the APC?
Re: Senate: APC Set To Occupy 2/3 Seats, APGA Increases To 2 by Konquest: 6:23pm On Aug 18, 2025
Pakute:
Senators on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), need just one more seat to form 2/3 majority of membership of the 10th Senate with their current 72 in number from 59 in June, 2023.

This is as the All Progressives Grand Alliance ( APGA) which had only one seat from Abia South Senatorial District in 2023 , increased to two on Sunday with victory of its candidate, Emmanuel Nwachukwu from the Anambra South senatorial election conducted on Saturday by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Number of APC Senators in the Senate increased from 71 to 72 on Sunday with the victory of its candidate in the Edo Central Senatorial election, Dr Joseph Ikpea.

APC had before Ipea’s victory from the bye-election in Edo Central, increased from 70 to 71 in number with defection of Senator Aliyu Wadada Ahmed (Nasarawa West) from Social Democratic Party (SDP) into it.


The Road to 2/3 majority for Senators on the platform of APC had through gale of defections, fast tracked in plenary on July 23, when through separate letters, Senators Francis Fadaunsi (Osun East), Olubiyi Fadeyi (Osun Central), Aniekan Bassey (Akwa Ibom North East) and Sampson Ekong (Akwa Ibom South), dumped their former party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Recalled that the four Senators in their separate letters, attributed their defections from PDP to APC to unending crisis rocking the party with attendant factionalization which according to them made PDP to be a sinking ship that can no longer take them to the centre where desired dividends of democracy can be delivered to their constituents.


The defectors in their letters also attributed their defection to the development – driven programmes and policies of the APC government under President Bola Tinubu.

Defection of the four Senators also reduced the number of PDP Senators in the 10th Senate to 28 from 36 it had at the beginning in June 2023.

Also, Senators on the platform of Labour party which were 8 at take off in June 2023 , have reduced to 5 , just as those on the platform of New Nigeria Peoples Party ( NNPP) , have also reduced to 1 from two , similar fate suffered by SDP penultimate week with defection of Senator Wadada from it to APC.

The current configuration of membership in the 10th Senate is 72 Senators for APC , 28 for PDP , 5 for Labour Party , 2 for APGA , one for Social Democratic Party (SDP) and one for NNPP, totalling the required 109 Senators.
https://blueprint.ng/senate-apc-set-to-occupy-2-3-seats-apga-increases-to-2/
Interesting insights. The political chess moves will be interesting to watch from here on out.
Re: Senate: APC Set To Occupy 2/3 Seats, APGA Increases To 2 by chiiraq802(m): 6:24pm On Aug 18, 2025
Appletek:
The Adamawa pickpocket that Adamawa voters seriously molested his political future last Saturday?

So, if you are a Senator, you will still decamp to ADC after Saturday's horrific manhandling of ADC?
Help me ask coalition ooo


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Re: Senate: APC Set To Occupy 2/3 Seats, APGA Increases To 2 by Konquest: 6:29pm On Aug 18, 2025
FreeStuffsNG:
Empty barrels lo ma n pariwo. Ariwo kọ ni music o wink

Colosion lule pii!
That was quite hilarious... "Colosion" lule...
If you don't get what "colosion" meant... Go figure.
Re: Senate: APC Set To Occupy 2/3 Seats, APGA Increases To 2 by Gadaffi9ja(m): 6:31pm On Aug 18, 2025
Omo if dem like make dem do 3/3 o, what has been d difference anyways? When sir Akpabio no longer waits for their days and nis anymore.
Re: Senate: APC Set To Occupy 2/3 Seats, APGA Increases To 2 by Kukutente23: 6:37pm On Aug 18, 2025
Shame on Wike
His role will ever be in ignominy xx
Re: Senate: APC Set To Occupy 2/3 Seats, APGA Increases To 2 by ARISHEM: 6:39pm On Aug 18, 2025
APC can only be defeated by social media. They are yet to be defeated by propaganda
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