Two PDP reps defect to APC

By Marvellous Gbadegesin On Mar 18, 2025

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Two members of the House of Representatives have defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Speaker of the House, Tajudeen Abbas, announced the defections in a letter read on the floor of the lower legislative chamber on Tuesday.

The lawmakers—Adamu Tanko, representing Suleja, Gurara, and Tafa Federal Constituency of Niger State, and Jallo Husseini Mohammed, representing Igabi Federal Constituency of Kaduna—announced their defection in a letter read on the House floor by Speaker Dr Tajudeen Abbas.

Citing internal divisions within the PDP as their reason for switching parties, the defectors also stated that their political ideologies now align more closely with those of the APC.