Akpabio: “I Think ADC Is Dead” as Defections Rock Party

Senate President Godswill Akpabio on Tuesday said the African Democratic Congress (ADC) appears to have lost relevance, following a fresh wave of defections by its members to other political parties.

Akpabio made the comment while presiding over Senate plenary after the announcement of new defections, including that of Senator Victor Umeh, who joined the National Democratic Congress (NDC).

Reacting to the repeated announcements, he said: “Resignation from ADC and declaration for Labour Party. Maybe all those defecting from ADC should just compile everything in one paper and bring, so that we don’t keep announcing, announcing, announcing.

“Because I think ADC is dead.

“How many times can you defect in a month? Once. But some have done three times.”

He proposed that lawmakers present their defections collectively rather than individually to reduce frequent interruptions during plenary.

“So that it doesn’t look like a daily ritual. If you are defecting from Labour, you write all of you. If you are moving from ADC, you write all of you. If you are entering NDC, you write all of you,” he added.

Akpabio also made a lighthearted remark about repeated party changes, saying: “Note that Senator Abaribe has moved from APGA to ADC, and now he has moved from ADC to Labour Party.”

Meanwhile, the House of Representatives also recorded a similar development, with no fewer than 17 lawmakers announcing their defection from ADC to the NDC during Tuesday’s plenary.

The lawmakers, representing constituencies in Kano, Anambra, Lagos, Edo, and Rivers states, cited “unresolved crises from the national to ward levels” within the ADC as the reason for their exit.

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