Breaking: Senator Abaribe Dumps APGA, Defects to ADC
- Senator Enyinnaya Harcourt Abaribe has dumped the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) ahead of the 2027 elections
- The senator representing Abia South senatorial district defected to the African Democratic Congress (ADC) on Wednesday, December 31, 2025
- Abaribe, who, alongside the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, joined the ADCexplained the reason for his decision
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Enugu State - Senator Enyinnaya Harcourt Abaribe has defected to the African Democratic Congress (ADC) ahead of the 2027 general elections.
The senator representing Abia South senatorial district in the National Assembly resigned from the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) on Wednesday, December 31, 2025.
Source: Twitter
Abaribe announced his defection on Wednesday at the Nike Lake Resort, Enugu, alongside the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi.
As reported by TVC News, Senators representing Anambra Central, Victor Umeh, Anambra North, Tony Nwoye, and federal lawmaker representing Ogbaru Federal Constituency, Afam Ogene, also defected to the ADC.
Others include former Imo state Governor Achike Udenwa and a host of other top political figures in the South East Political.
According to The Punch, Abaribe had resigned his membership from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to join APGA to contest the Abia South senatorial election in 2023.
“Let me also announce that this morning I resigned from the All-Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA).”
Abaribe declared his full alignment with the ADC while describing Obi as his political leader.
“So as of now, I am fully in ADC. Following my brother and our leader, Mr Peter Obi, I wish all of us well, and I know that we’re going to get there.”
Speaking further, he said:
"When the time comes, the whole of us are going into ADC, and we shall remove the cancer that has held Nigeria down since 2015.
“We will remove that party that promised change but brought death and destruction to Nigeria.”
Abaribe: I'll never join APC
Recall that Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe said he would never defect to the APC, despite the growing number of defections.
Abaribe spoke on Channels Television, where he reacted to the recent defection of several governors from the PDP to the APC.
He questioned the political consistency of governors who opposed President Tinubu in 2023 but later joined the ruling party.
Abaribe explains why Tinubu will not win 2027 election
Legit.ng also reported that Senator Abaribe said President Bola Ahmed Tinubu would not win the 2027 election, citing growing hardship and public dissatisfaction
Abaribe said Nigerians were increasingly determined to demand change through the ballot.
The lawmaker also claimed that Tinubu did not genuinely win the 2023 election, although he was officially declared the winner at the time.
Source: Legit.ng
