{"id":196541,"date":"2026-03-04T07:38:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T06:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/ex-nasarawa-pdp-governorship-andidate-ombugadu-joins-apc"},"modified":"2026-03-04T07:38:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T06:38:10","slug":"ex-nasarawa-pdp-governorship-andidate-ombugadu-joins-apc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/ex-nasarawa-pdp-governorship-andidate-ombugadu-joins-apc","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Nasarawa PDP governorship andidate, Ombugadu joins APC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate in Nasarawa State, David Ombugadu, has officially joined the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).<\/p>\n<p>Ombugadu joined the APC on Tuesday after resigning his membership from the PDP.<\/p>\n<p>DAILY POST had reported that Ombugadu, popularly known as Davematics, resigned his membership of the party following weeks of speculation surrounding his political future.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that the former two-term member of the House of Representatives announced his resignation in a letter dated February 28, 2026, addressed to the PDP chairman of Ikka Wangibi Ward in Nassarawa Eggon Local Government Area.<\/p>\n<p>Following his defection, Ombugadu also declared his interest in running for the Nasarawa North Senatorial District in 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate in Nasarawa State, David Ombugadu, has officially joined the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). 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DAILY POST had reported that Ombugadu, popularly known as Davematics, resigned his membership of the party following weeks of speculation surrounding [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":196539,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-196541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ex-Nasarawa PDP governorship andidate, Ombugadu joins APC - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/ex-nasarawa-pdp-governorship-andidate-ombugadu-joins-apc\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ex-Nasarawa PDP governorship andidate, Ombugadu joins APC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate in Nasarawa State, David Ombugadu, has officially joined the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). 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