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		<title>I Am Not Planning To Defect From APC — Ibikunle Amosun</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Folami]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2018 13:49:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Gov. Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun has dismissed as mischief the insinuation that he had defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) or planning to dump the party over political developments in the state. Amosun stated this when he fielded questions from State House correspondent of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) after a closed door [...]</p>
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		<title>APC Lawmakers Will Defect To PDP Very Soon &#8211; Kola Ologbondiyan</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Folami]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Sep 2018 06:11:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has hinted that some governors and National Assembly members elected on the All Progressives Congress (APC) platform will defect to the party soon. The party the indication in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, on Wednesday in Abuja, and said that six APC governors and 27 [...]</p>
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		<title>Bukola Saraki Set To Defect To PDP?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Folami]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2018 13:42:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>There are indications that the Senate President, Bukola Saraki is planning to announce his intention to run for President in 2019 soon. According to a source who spoke to Tribune, the Senate President is considering the possibility of running on the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) platform. The source also said that the juicy [...]</p>
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		<title>I Am Not Planning To Defect To APC &#8211; Fayose</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Folami]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2018 06:38:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Ayo Fayose of Ekiti state has denied reports that he is planning to defect to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The Governor, in a statement signed by Olayinka, said “The statement was part of the many lies being circulated by the Ekiti APC and its unsellable governorship candidate, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, obviously to suppress [...]</p>
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		<title>Kaduna APC Members Might Defect Soon &#8211; Tom Maiyashi</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Folami]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2018 19:53:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The Sen Suleiman Hunkuyi-led faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna State says it is considering defecting to another political party barely few months to the 2019 general elections. The group said it would take the decision “if there is no visible evidence of success in addressing the damaging levels of alienation and [...]</p>
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		<title>Politicians Defect From Parties For Food &#8211; Babangida Aliyu</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Folami]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Sep 2017 06:33:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Dr. Babangida Aliyu, has said some members of the Peoples Democratic Party, who left to other parties did so for their bellies. “Oftentimes, people are following their stomach too. Don’t be surprised, between now and 2019, a lot of people will cross over to the PDP,” he said. “In politics, there are people who join [...]</p>
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		<title>I’ll Never Defect To APC – Theodore Orji</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Folami]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 May 2017 05:36:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Former Abia State Governor, Theodore Orji says he’ll never defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Orji, who’s now the Senator representing Abia Central Senatorial District, added that he’d rather abandon politics than join the ruling party. He made the comments during a town hall meeting with his constituents in Umuahia, Daily Trust reports. “At [...]</p>
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		<title>800 APC Members Defect To PDP In Akwa Ibom</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Folami]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Apr 2017 03:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Over 800 members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Nsit Ubium Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom, on Saturday defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).‎ ‎Leading the defectors to the PDP, the APC Chairman in the council area, Mr Aniefiok Ekah, said that the defectors had endured severe hunger in APC and could therefore [...]</p>
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		<title>2 PDP Lawmakers Defect To APC In Nasarawa State</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Folami]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Mar 2017 05:41:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The Minority Leader and Deputy Minority Whip of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly, Ibrahim Alkali (PDP-Lafia North) and Mohammed Muluku (PDP-Nassarawa Eggon East), have defected to All Progressives Congress (APC). Alhaji Ibrahim Balarabe-Abdullahi, the Speaker of the House, who read the duo’s defection letters on Monday, congratulated them “for taking the right decision. “We [...]</p>
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		<title>PDP Candidate’s Campaign Director Defect To APC In Edo State</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Folami]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2016 21:29:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Edo State, Osagie Ize-Iyamu has lost his Campaign Director, Mallam Balarabe Saidu to the All Progressives Congress (APC). According to reports, Saidu was among hundreds of PDP members who defected to the APC during the commencement of the ruling party’s governorship campaign in Auchi. “My brothers and [...]</p>
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		<title>PDP Members That Defect To APC Will Become Tenants &#8211; Theodore Orji</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Folami]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2016 23:12:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Former Abia State Governor and current senator representing Abia Central, Chief Theodore Orji, has showed his allegiance to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), saying he is not leaving the party. Orji made the statement to his supporters and delegates at Urban Primary School venue of Ward 1 Congress for the Ward Congress of the Party, [...]</p>
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		<title>3000 PDP Members Defect To APC In Abuja</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Folami]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2016 21:21:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>3000 members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abuja have defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC), reports say. The mass defection occurred on Wednesday, February 10, 2016 in the Bwari area, Leadership reports. The defectors were received by the State APC Publicity Secretary, Usman Adaji. “With the numbers of decamped members in Bwari [...]</p>
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		<title>500 Quit PDP For APC</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Folami]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2016 20:47:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>500 members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Cross River State have defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), reports say. The defectors were led by PDP chieftain, Brigadier General Enang Ukagu (rtd), Daily Trust reports. The mass defection reportedly occurred over the weekend at the Nko Ward in Yakurr Local Government Area [...]</p>
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		<title>500 PDP Members Defect To APC</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Folami]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2016 01:34:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>At least 500 members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have reportedly defected to the ruling party, All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogbadibo Local Government Area of Benue State. The decamped members said after the PDP massively lost out in the last general elections, the state has received zero attention from the leadership of the [...]</p>
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		<title>Gov Rochas Okorocha’s Aides Defect To PDP</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Folami]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2014 21:48:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The ranks of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Imo State have continued to deplete since the recent return of former governor of Imo State, Chief Achike Udenwa, to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. . The Mayor of Owerri, Chief Gibson Njemanze, has joined the league of appointees of Governor Rochas Okorocha that had resigned their [...]</p>
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		<title>Eleven Senators Switch To All Progressives Congress</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Folami]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2014 15:59:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Eleven Senators of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC. . Details later.</p>
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