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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former Senator of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Philip Aduda, is currently in a closed-door meeting with the All Progressives Congress, APC, National Chairman, Prof. Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda, and some National Working Committee (NWC) members.<\/p>\n

Aduda arrived at the party\u2019s National secretariat in the company of the newly elected chairman of Bwari Area Council, Hon. Joshua Ishakwu, and his Kuje Area Council counterpart, Hon. Danjuma Shekwkolo.<\/p>\n

This comes after the former Federal lawmaker officially resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party, citing ongoing crises within the party.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. Former Senator of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Philip Aduda, is currently in a closed-door meeting with the All Progressives Congress, APC, National Chairman, Prof. Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda, and some National Working Committee (NWC) members. Aduda arrived at the party\u2019s National secretariat in the company of the newly elected chairman of Bwari […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":196929,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,29,16],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-196930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-parties","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"\nEx-FCT Senator Aduda Joins APC After Leaving PDP - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former Senator of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Philip Aduda, is currently in a closed-door meeting with the All P ...\" \/>\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\/parties\/ex-fct-senator-aduda-joins-apc-after-leaving-pdp\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ex-FCT Senator Aduda Joins APC After Leaving PDP\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former Senator of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Philip Aduda, is currently in a closed-door meeting with the All P ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/ex-fct-senator-aduda-joins-apc-after-leaving-pdp\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-03-17T19:03:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-17T20:10:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/sm_1773778180.878895.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/ex-fct-senator-aduda-joins-apc-after-leaving-pdp#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/ex-fct-senator-aduda-joins-apc-after-leaving-pdp\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Ex-FCT Senator Aduda Joins APC After Leaving PDP\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-17T19:03:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-17T20:10:46+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/ex-fct-senator-aduda-joins-apc-after-leaving-pdp\"},\"wordCount\":107,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/ex-fct-senator-aduda-joins-apc-after-leaving-pdp#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/sm_1773778180.878895.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"Parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/ex-fct-senator-aduda-joins-apc-after-leaving-pdp#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/ex-fct-senator-aduda-joins-apc-after-leaving-pdp\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/ex-fct-senator-aduda-joins-apc-after-leaving-pdp\",\"name\":\"Ex-FCT Senator Aduda Joins APC After Leaving PDP - 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