A fresh wave of defections in the House of Representatives has given the African Democratic Congress (ADC) eight new members as politicians intensify realignments ahead of the 2027 general elections.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, read the notices of defection during plenary on Tuesday.
Twenty-seven lawmakers defected in what is one of the major political realignments in the Green Chamber, just less than one year before Nigerians head to the polls to elect their next set of leaders.
The eight lawmakers who joined the ADC were made up of five reps from the PDP, two from the Labour Party (LP), and one from the APC.
Fourteen of the defectors came into the APC.
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Meanwhile, the Action Peoples Party (APP) got two lawmakers, one each from the PDP and LP. It was a similar story with the Accord Party, with two new House of Representatives members from the PDP joining the party, which now rules Osun State.
The lawmakers said their defections were due to an internal crisis in their former parties.
Below is a list of the lawmakers, the parties they defected from, and where they are headed:
