Seventeen members of the House of Representatives on Tuesday defected from the African Democratic Congress, ADC, to the Nigerian Democratic Congress, NDC.
The defections were formally announced during plenary at the House of Representatives.
The lawmakers who joined the NDC are Yusuf Datti, Uchenna Okonkwo, Adamu Wakili, Thaddeus Attah, George Ozodinobi, Lilian Orogbu, Oluwaseyi Sowunmi, Peter Aniekwe, Mukhtar Zakari, George Oluwande and Munachim Umezuruike.
Others include Emeka Idu, Jesse Onuakalusi, Ifeanyi Uzokwe, Afam Ogene and Abdulhakeem Ado.
Also during plenary, Leke Abejide announced his defection from the ADC to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.
The wave of defections comes barely 24 hours after the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, and former presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, officially moved from the ADC to the NDC.
The development is widely seen as a significant realignment that could influence political calculations ahead of the 2027 elections.
