{"id":170923,"date":"2025-07-23T16:40:19","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T15:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/two-senators-dump-pdp-for-apc"},"modified":"2025-07-23T17:55:48","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T16:55:48","slug":"two-senators-dump-pdp-for-apc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/two-senators-dump-pdp-for-apc","title":{"rendered":"Two senators dump PDP for APC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Two Senators from Akwa Ibom State have dumped the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and joined the All Progressives Congress, APC.<\/p>\n<p>The Senators are Sampson Ekong, senator representing Akwa Ibom south, and Aniekan Bassey, the Akwa Ibom north-east.<\/p>\n<p>Senate President Godswill Akpabio read their letters of defection during Wednesday\u2019s plenary.<\/p>\n<p>There has been gale of defection from PDP to the ruling APC.<\/p>\n<p>While several political bigwigs dumped the party for the African Democratic Congress, ADC, others have found solace in the APC.<\/p>\n<p>The two Akwa Ibom Senators, according to the letters read by Akpabio, cited the leadership crisis rocking the PDP as their reasons for rejecting the party.<\/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. Two Senators from Akwa Ibom State have dumped the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and joined the All Progressives Congress, APC. The Senators are Sampson Ekong, senator representing Akwa Ibom south, and Aniekan Bassey, the Akwa Ibom north-east. Senate President Godswill Akpabio read their letters of defection during Wednesday\u2019s plenary. 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