Two senators from Akwa Ibom State, Sampson Ekong representing Akwa Ibom South and Aniekan Bassey representing Akwa Ibom North-East, have officially defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Senate President Godswill Akpabio read their letters of defection during plenary on Wednesday.
The development comes just days after two senators from Osun State, Olubiyi Fadeyi and Francis Fadahunsi, also resigned their membership of the PDP over unresolved internal party crises but did not indicate their next political move.
Fadeyi, who represents Osun Central, announced his resignation in a letter dated July 12, 2025, addressed to the PDP Ward 3 chairman, Oke Ejigbo, Ila Orangun, Osun State.
The letter partly read, “I wish to formally notify you that I am resigning my membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with immediate effect. Irreconcilable differences and irreparable division that have emerged and court cases and counter court cases in the last 3 years, which have created faction in the party at the national level. This was concluded after consultation and engagement with my political associates, family and friends.”
Similarly, Fadahunsi, who represents Osun East, tendered his resignation in a letter dated June 12, 2025, which surfaced on social media on Saturday. He also cited persistent crises and protracted legal battles within the PDP as his reason.
