A brand new wave of defections hit the home of representatives on Tuesday as lawmakers shifted allegiance throughout get together traces, in what’s extensively seen as early manoeuvring forward of the 2027 basic elections.
The event was introduced throughout plenary resumption after the Easter break, when Benjamin Kalu, deputy speaker learn out a collection of defection letters on the ground of the Home.
Kalu, nevertheless, dismissed considerations that the development alerts a drift in the direction of a one-party system, insisting it displays democratic freedom throughout the legislature.
“That is to point out the nation that no get together is stiffled. Individuals are leaving the bulk get together to the minority events and the minority events to the bulk get together. That is the fantastic thing about democracy,” he stated.
One of many notable defections got here from Lagos State, the place Thaddeus Attah, representing Eti-Osa Federal Constituency, left the Labour Occasion for the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
In his letter, Attah cited inner get together challenges, saying “the protracted disaster within the management of the LP” had affected his capability to successfully symbolize his constituents.
The PDP suffered the heaviest blow within the newest political reshuffle, dropping 5 members in complete.
Amongst them, Abubakar Abdul from Niger State defected to the APC, whereas Yakubu Noma of Kebbi State moved to the ADC, and Ibrahim Mohammed, additionally from Kebbi, joined the APC.
In Osun State, two PDP lawmakers—Mudashiru Alani (Ayedire/Iwo/Ola-Oluwa) and Adetunji Olusoji (Odo-Otin/Ifelodun/Boripe)—defected to the Accord Occasion.
The APC additionally recorded losses in the identical session.
David Fuoh from Taraba State moved to the PDP, whereas Bashir Zubair of Kaduna State joined the ADC, underscoring the back-and-forth nature of the political shifts.
The defections come amid intensifying political positioning forward of the 2027 elections, with lawmakers more and more recalibrating alliances in response to inner get together disputes and electoral calculations.
For the reason that inauguration of the tenth Nationwide Meeting in 2023, the APC has maintained numerical superiority within the Home, however opposition events proceed to achieve and lose members in a fluid political setting.
Analysts say the newest actions mirror deepening inner cracks inside main events, significantly the PDP and Labour Occasion, as politicians place themselves for upcoming primaries and elections.
The Home adjourned plenary to Wednesday in honour of Hassan Danjuma, late Kano lawmaker who died on April 10, 2026, on the age of 66.