{"id":170612,"date":"2025-07-21T14:25:39","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T13:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/kogi-apc-members-defect-to-pdp-for-senator-natasha"},"modified":"2025-07-21T15:32:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T14:32:13","slug":"kogi-apc-members-defect-to-pdp-for-senator-natasha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/kogi-apc-members-defect-to-pdp-for-senator-natasha","title":{"rendered":"Kogi APC Members Defect to PDP for Senator Natasha"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Scores of members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kogi State have defected to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in a show of support for Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan.<\/p>\n<p>Natasha received the defectors at Ihima in Okehi local government area of Kogi State.<\/p>\n<p>The defectors include former Okehi LG chairman, Hassan Yusuf, Special Adviser to the council chairman, Hajia Rafatu Haruna and an APC stalwart, Omuya Longman, alongside their supporters.<\/p>\n<p>The Kogi Central Senator, Natasha, while addressing the defectors, stated that grassroots engagement remains her core strategy.<\/p>\n<p>She told the defectors that they are not only building PDP in Kogi Central but contributing to making the party a formidable force that cannot be defeated in free and fair elections across Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>The senator reaffirmed her resolve to deepen the party\u2019s reach, adding, \u201cMy responsibility is to strengthen the PDP and bring more people into our fold.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She expressed hope that Nigeria\u2019s political system would get to a point where each party defines its beliefs, stressing that when ideology fails, parties turn to violence and intimidation in order to get what they want.<\/p>\n<p>Enemona Anyebe, PDP state chairman, described the mass defection as a powerful endorsement of Senator Natasha\u2019s leadership.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Scores of members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kogi State have defected to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in a show of support for Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. Natasha received the defectors at Ihima in Okehi local government area of Kogi State. 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