Three Nigerian Lawmakers Defect to ADC

Three members of the Nigerian House of Representatives have defected to the African Democratic Congress (ADC) ahead of the 2027 elections.

The Deputy Speaker of the House, Benjamin Kalu, read the defection notices during Tuesday’s plenary.

The lawmakers are: Thaddeus Attah (Eti-Osa federal constituency, Lagos), Usman Zubairu (Birnin Gwari/Giwa federal constituency, Kaduna), and Sani Noma (Argungu/Augie federal constituency, Kebbi) dumped Labour Party(LP), All Progressive Congress(APC) and Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) respectively to ADC.

Meanwhile, other lawmakers followed suit; in Niger state, Abubakar Buba (Chanchaga federal constituency) and Ibrahim Mohammed (Bunza/Birnin Kebbi/Kalgo federal constituency, Kebbi) moved from the PDP to the APC. Mudashiru Alani, representing Ayedire/Iwo/Ola-Oluwa federal constituency of Osun, and Adetunji Olusoji, representing Odo-Otin/Ifelodun/Boripe federal constituency, both defected from the PDP to the Accord. David Fuoh from Taraba, who represents Sarduana/Kurmi/Gashaka federal constituency, moved from the APC to the PDP.

The lawmakers attributed their defections to internal crises in their former parties. Following the defection, the house adjourned plenary to Wednesday, April 22, due to the death of Muhammad Hassan, representing Dawakin Kudu/Warawa federal constituency of Kano state. Hassan died on April 10 after a period of illness.