At least 17 members of the House of Representatives have left the African Democratic Congress (ADC) to join the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC). The defection of 16 lawmakers to the NDC and one to the All Progressives Congress (APC) was announced on the floor of the House during Tuesday's plenary. Those who moved to the NDC include Yusuf Datti, Uchenna Okonkwo, Adamu Wakili, Thaddeus Attah, George Ozodinobi, Lilian Orogbu, Oluwaseyi Sowunmi, Peter Aniekwe, Mukhtar Zakari, George Oluwande, Munachim Umezuruike, Emeka Idu, Jesse Onuakalusi, Ifeanyi Uzokwe, Afam Ogene and Abdulhakeem Ado. Leke Abejide defected to the APC. Their exits follow the formal entry of Peter Obi and Musa Kwankwaso into the NDC. Obi, the Labour Party's 2023 presidential candidate, and Kwankwaso, a former NNPP presidential aspirant, received NDC membership cards on Sunday. The event took place after a closed-door meeting with NDC leaders. Senator Seriake Dickson, former Governor of Bayelsa State and national leader of the NDC, welcomed both politicians. The defections signal shifting political alignments ahead of the 2027 general elections.
Peter Obi and Musa Kwankwaso left the ADC for the NDC just two days before 16 of the party's lawmakers followed the same path. Their departure suggests the ADC may have lost influence among key figures after Obi and Kwankwaso's exit. The mass shift weakens the ADC's legislative presence and strengthens the NDC's profile. Nigerians who supported the ADC for its opposition stance may now question the party's stability.
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