By Frank Ulom CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – Senator Gershom Bassey, former Senator Representing Cross River South Senatorial District in the 8th National Assembly, has officially resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Bassey, one of the founding members of PDP, tendered his resignation via a letter addressed to the Ward Chairman of Ward 9 in Calabar…
By Joe Udo ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – Four senators have resigned their membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and aligned with the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Their defection was conveyed in letters read by the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, during plenary, on Wednesday, March 11. Senator Aminu Iya Abbas representing Adamawa…
By Our Reporter KEBBI (CONVERSEER) – A major political shift has occurred in Kebbi State as the former National Women Leader of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mariya Waziri, alongside thousands of her supporters, has defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC. She was received by Governor Nasir Idris in Birnin Kebbi. The high-profile defection…
By Frank Ulom BAKASSI (CONVERSEER) – A People Democratic Party (PDP) stakeholder in Cross River State, Austine Ibok, has resigned from the party with immediate effect. Converseer learned that Ibok’s resignation from the PDP followed a rumoured move to the African Democratic Congress (ADC), after calling himself an “ADC Coalition Hopeful” in one of his…
By Joe Udo ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – The son of Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President and 2023 PDP presidential candidate, Abba Atiku Abubakar, has joined the APC, declaring support for President Bola Tinubu ahead of 2027. The defection, Converseer learned, was announced at the National Assembly complex in Abuja, on Thursday, where Abba was formally received…
By Frank Ulom ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – Tanimu Turaki-led Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has petitioned the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court against cases assigned to courts presided over by three judges, describing them as “Courts of Particular Concern”. In a letter dated 19th November 2025, by the National Secretary of the faction, Teofeek Arapaja…
By Joe Udo ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) loyal to the FCT Minister Nyesom Wike has filed a suit before the Federal High Court in Abuja seeking to stop the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from recognising the national convention held in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital, on 15th and 16th November. In the…
By Frank Ulom OGOJA (CONVERSEER) – The former Chairman of Ogoja Local Government Area, Hon. Rita Agbo Ayim, has decamped from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Converseer reports that Ayim, who was elected in 2023 as a member representing Ogoja State Constituency in the 10th Cross River State…
By Joe Udo ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – The Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Abdulrahman Muhammad, has inaugurated a new Board of Trustees (BoT), pledging to restore the party’s founding principles of justice, fairness, inclusivity, and respect for the rule of law. Speaking during the inauguration ceremony held on Friday, 7th November…
By Frank Ulom ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – A major political realignment is unfolding in Cross River North Senatorial District as key stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have indicated plans to defect en masse to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in solidarity with Senator Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe. The development follows Senator Jarigbe’s official defection to…
