The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has become the main opposition party in the Senate after several lawmakers defected to the party on Thursday.
A total of nine senators on Thursday, announced their decision to dump their political parties for the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
With the development, the number of senators in the ADC rose to nine while that of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which used to be the main opposition party, dropped to six.
Five of the senators dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), three left the Labour Party (LP), and one resigned from the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA).
The defectors from PDP are Senators Dauda Yaroe, Lawal Usman, Ogochi Onawe, Aminu Tambuwal and Austin Akubondu.
The LP defectors are Senators Ireti Kingibe, Victor Umeh and Tony Nwoye.
Eight of the senators who dumped the PDP and LP cited leadership crises in their parties for their defection.
However, Senator Eyinnaya Abaribe said he dumped APGA because the party sacked him in September 2025.
Following the defections, the ruling All Progressive Party (APC) now has 87 senators, ADC has 9, PDP has 6, Accord 1, APGA 1, NDC 1 and NNPP 1.
Three seats, Nasarawa North, Enugu North and Rivers South East are vacant due to the deaths of the affected Senators who hitherto occupied the positions.
