A former candidate from the Peoples Democratic Party defected to the All Progressives Congress on June 7, 2026.

The entities involved

• People’s Democratic Party →

  former political party in Gambia

  Nothing else this week.

• All Progressives Congress →

  Nigerian political party

  • The All Progressives Congress (APC) announced a boycott in Oyo State.Mon 15:24
  • The All Progressives Congress (APC) held a primary election for Agege Constituency 1 using the Lagos State House of Assembly process.Mon 13:16
• house of representatives →

  general term for legislative bodies

  • Donald Trump appoints Bill Pulte as DNI; Pulte splits time between DC and Florida, while Kash Patel faces criticism for jet misuse.Mon 17:37
  • Calls for stronger information sharing and data exchange between regulatory bodies to implement wealth tax.Mon 16:40
• Peoples Democratic Party →

  Nigerian political party founded 1998

  • Michael Aondoakaa is the candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ticket in Benue State.Mon 12:58
  • The PDP chapter operating in Ebonyi State is involved in political arguments regarding attacks and threats to the Nigerian democratic process from the APC.Mon 12:53

Related events

• The All Progressives Congress defeated the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2015 election.Aug 31
• A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party has publicly supported an All Progressives Congress gubernatorial bid.Sep 4
• PDP members defected to APC in Kwara state.Aug 31
• Lawmakers defected from APC to PDP, and the state assembly challenged APC's political integrity in Kwara State.Sep 2
• PDP leadership negotiated with defectors from APC, and PDP sued INEC over candidate name substitution.Sep 15