Just in: Popular female lawmaker defects to APGA, gives reason

• Clara Nnabuife, a House of Representatives member, has dumped the Young Progressives Party (YPP) for the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), citing exclusion from enactment activities
• The defection was announced by Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu during plenary connected Thursday, March 27
• Nnabuife joined the database of respective lawmakers who person switched parties successful caller months, peculiarly to the All Progressives Congress (APC)

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Clara Nnabuife, a subordinate of the House of Representatives, has officially defected from the Young Progressives Party (YPP) to the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), citing exclusion from enactment activities.

Clara Nnabuife Defects from YPP to APGA Amid Wave of Political Shifts. Photo credit: Clara Nnabuife
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has dumped the Young Progressives Party (YPP) for the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).

Benjamin Kalu, lawman talker of the House, work Nnabuife’s defection missive connected the level of the location during Thursday’s plenary, March 27, 2025.

As reported by The Cable, she attributed her defection to the “exclusion from the activities” of the party.

The legislator maintained that she joined APGA aft “extensive consultations” with her constituency.

Reacting, Kalu subsequently joked that helium would person invited Nnabuife to shingle hands with him if she had switched to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Meanwhile, successful caller weeks, the House has seen a question of defections.

Clara Nnabuife: Lawmakers who person dumped their parties

In caller weeks, national lawmakers person dumped their parties up of the 2027 elections. Photo credit: Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu
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On October 2, 2024, Chris Nkwonta, who represents Ukwa east/Ukwa westbound national constituency of Abia state, near the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for APC.

On October 30, 2024, Sulaiman Abubakar, who represents Gummi/Bukkuyum national constituency of Zamfara, ditched the PDP for the APC.

On December 5, 2024, 4 Labour Party (LP) members and 1 PDP lawmaker successful the greenish chamber, defected to the APC.

Legit.ng reported that connected February 11, 2025, Amos Magaji from Kaduna defected from PDP to APC.

Also, connected February 12, 2025, Garba Koko from Kebbi joined the APC from the PDP.

In a important twist of events, connected March 18, 2025, 2 PDP lawmakers — Jallo Mohammed (Igabi national lawmaker, Kaduna state), and Adamu Tanko (Gurara/Suleja/Tapa, Niger state), defected to the APC.

Both politicians attributed their defections to the “party’s situation and interior divisions”.

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4 lawmakers dump PDP, LP for APC successful Edo

In different akin development, Legit.ng reported that four lawmakers from the Peoples Democratic Party and Labour Party person defected to the ruling APC successful Edo state.

They announced their defection connected Wednesday, March 12, expanding APC's practice successful the House to 13 members portion PDP present holds 11 seats.

The defecting lawmakers cited interior divisions wrong their erstwhile parties arsenic a cardinal crushed for their move, aligning themselves with the imaginativeness of Governor Monday Okpebholo.

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