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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Two members of the House of Representatives onn the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have dumped the party for the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.<\/p>\n

Their defections were announced on the floor of the House on Wednesday with their reasons being the crisis rocking the party at the national level<\/p>\n

They are Honourable Jallo Hussaini Mohammed Representative of Igabi Federal Constituency of Kaduna State.<\/p>\n

He left the main opposition party for the APC.<\/p>\n

Also, Adamu Tanko, the member representing Gurara\/Suleja\/Tafa Federal Constituency of Niger State, defected from PDP to APC.<\/p>\n

Recall that most recently, Daniel Bwala, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Policy, claimed that the APC-led administration is depleting the Labour Party, LP.<\/p>\n

He also predicted that the former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, would eventually defect to the ruling APC.<\/p>\n

He further stated that Obi would not contest the 2027 presidential election on the LP platform, adding that any coalition he joins would face internal conflicts.<\/p>\n

According to Bwala, such a coalition would only need two weeks of media attention before its members start clashing due to their conflicting ambitions.<\/p>\n

Also, DAILY POST reported that Nasir El-Rufai, a former Governor of Kaduna State and founding member of the APC, recently left the party and joined the Social Democratic Party, SDP.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt had been my hope since 2013 that my personal values and that of the APC will continue to align up to the time I choose to retire from politics.\u201d El-Rufai said, adding that \u201cdevelopments in the last two years confirm that there is no desire on the part of those who currently control and run the APC<\/p>\n

to acknowledge, much less address, the unhealthy situation of the party.\u201d<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Nigeria<\/span> Follow Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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