Nigeria: I Think ADC Is Dead
Akpabio said the party was finished after at least 17 House members left for the National Democratic Congress, citing internal crises.
- On Tuesday, Senate President Godswill Akpabio declared the African Democratic Congress "looks dead" after 17 lawmakers formally defected to the National Democratic Congress during House of Representatives plenary.
- Lawmakers from Kano, Anambra, Lagos, Edo, and Rivers read letters announcing their exit, attributing their decision to "unresolved crises from the national to ward levels" within the ADC.
- Akpabio joked about Senator Abaribe, who moved from APGA to ADC before joining the Labour Party, asking, "How many times can you defect in a month?"
- To prevent announcements from appearing like a "daily ritual," Akpabio suggested lawmakers compile their names by party rather than announcing each departure individually.
- Ongoing instability persists as legislative bodies grapple with the administrative burden of processing frequent resignations across Labour, ADC, and NDC platforms.
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Akpabio Declares ADC is Dead! Amid Lawmakers' Mass Defection from Party
Senator Godswill Akpabio, President of the Nigerian Senate, has declared that the African Democratic Congress (ADC) is dead, following the mass defection of lawmakers from the party to the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), news.ng reports. Akpabio, who read out the names of Senators that defected from the ADC, included Victor Umeh, representing the Anambra Central Senatorial District and Enyinnaya Abaribe, representing Abia South senatorial di…
"I think ADC is dead, compile names of those defecting" — Akpabio tells Abaribe, Umeh
GistReel Nigeria’s political landscape witnessed fresh turbulence on Tuesday as Senate President Godswill Akpabio declared that the African Democratic Congress (ADC) “appears dead” amid a growing wave of defections by its members. Akpabio made the remark during plenary while reacting to the continued exit of lawmakers from the party to other platforms, notably the National Democratic Congress and the Labour Party. Senate reacts to rising defecti…
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