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Senator Kelvin Chukwu, who represents Enugu East Senatorial District, says his defection followed what he described as the disorganisation within the opposition party.

The ranks of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Senate have risen to 73, following the defection of Senator Kelvin Chukwu of the Labour Party.

The Senate formally announced Chukwu’s defection during plenary, marking another shift in the composition of the 10th National Assembly.

The lawmaker, who represents Enugu East Senatorial District, says his defection followed what he described as the disorganisation within the Labour Party.

But the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, in his remarks, called on opposition parties to reorganise and provide credible alternatives, warning that their current disarray poses a threat to democratic vibrancy in the country.

‘I want a strong and vibrant opposition in Nigeria, but when they are in tatters, what can we do? Please, put your house in order. That’s why INEC is registering more political parties,” Akpabio stated.

Echoing the Senate President’s sentiments, Senate Leader Opeyemi Bamidele attributed the growing support for the APC to the administration’s handling of the economy.

“This shift in the Senate reflects a broader national trend; the APC-led government is working.

“Our foreign reserves are improving, and the GDP shows signs of steady growth; these are clear indicators that the economy is bouncing back,” said Bamidele.

With the latest development, the current distribution of seats in the Senate shows that the APC has 73 members, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has 28, and the LP has four.

While the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has two senators, the Social Democratic Party (SDP)and the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) have one each.

Source: https://www.channelstv.com/2025/10/08/lp-senator-defects-as-akpabio-calls-for-stronger-opposition/

Another nuggets in the bag

Some people still think this is a contest.

its better o.. life no get duplicate........ its better to associate with progressive.

Make I just laugh obi people small 🤣 😂 😆 😅 😄

Lp top to bottom in the mud. Same man was rewarded due to his brother’s death o

The way people are rushing into APC eh

Hehehe hehehe crumbling

Obedient keep on lamenting and crying on nairaland while their tiny structure is being dismantled.

Peter Obi cannot hold a political party together. Even the Obedient Movement is not run by him! Peter Obi is a Ghost personality. Peter Obi is as slippery as an eel! Peter Obi is a Ghost Politician. A very Gaseous Fellow!!! Those who deal with him must have a very sharp sense of smell other wise Peter Obi will keep running rings around them until he sets himself ablaze and that is due for 2027 when Peter Obi will go up in flames!!!! Politically set ablaze!!! PENGASSAN and NUPENG who are presently in cahoots with Peter Obi in giving Nigeria a bad name for their selfish ends will not shut the gas pipes so Peter Obi can be thoroughly politically incinerated.

Follow who know road.

Leave noise makers and unseroous people behind

Why all of them defecting to APC is it only APC party exist in the country. Why not ADC .abi na juju APC they use ni.

Our political class lack zero political values.
i'm pretty sure this one won't return to the Senate . They just compensated him for his brother loss.

Elupee ti Lule

this party they claim won in the last election o🤣

Wait o. Was it not this guy who won sympathy votes from Obidients after his brother was murdered before the election.

The man is not coming back come 2027 and if you doubt me, kindly bookmark this comment and come back 2027!

These defections is not health for our democracy .

Commentor:
Some people still think this is a contest.

Lol. Let them continue fooling themselves. Under their messiah Obi, Labour Party has lost direction, strength and public representatives.

Ditto PDP. How many, in Nigerian public office, have left APC to go elsewhere? People who ignore facts, and what they direct them to note, always weep profusely in the end.

😅😅😅😅😅😅🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣..we told them oooo. PETER OBI Is the next to come to APC.

Imagine this one that was voted because his Brother who owns the Ticket was murdered

Imagine this one that was voted because his Brother who owns the Ticket was kpaied by unknown gunmen

Who cares

All of you should defect so we know it's a one-party state.

Afterall the opposition is dead while dissenting voices are targeted by law Enforcement.

LegendHero:
Source: https://www.channelstv.com/2025/10/08/lp-senator-defects-as-akpabio-calls-for-stronger-opposition/

As it’s going only Obi will remain in LP.

Hahaha 😂 🤣 Decamp and lose your seat is only applicable to rivers state lawmakers alone, according to channels TV lawyer Femi falana and arise tv lawyer ugochinyere

Peter Obi is a lone ranger.
He won't get half of what he got in 2023.

Just watch.
Not by noise.

Obi made the greatest political blunder of his life by associating with that coalition rather than staying the course with his lp......there was just no place for him there.....it's obvious he lacks leadership skills for him not to have a single national politician from his party on his side.....not even the single gov they have.

Lithiumite:
Obi made the greatest political blunder of his life by associating with that coalition rather than staying the course with his lp......there was just no place for him there.....it's obvious he lacks leadership skills for him not to have a single national politician from his party on his side.....not even the single gov they have.

Peter Obi is a politically gaseous fellow. A Gaseous personality like Peter Obi is not in solid state such as would enable folks who deal with him politically to hold him to a position!! He also cannot hold people together except to inflame them politically. Gas is fairly good at inflammability !!! See him in the attached pictures going from grace to grass politically even as we await the ADC cesspool pictures his apparition might soon appear in!

ednut1:
Lp top to bottom in the mud. Same man was rewarded due to his brother’s death o

People who won election using Obi’s effect. They may eventually become 1 term lawmakers