Philip Aduda, a former senator, has formally joined the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Aduda was received into the ruling party on Monday in Abuja by Nentawe Yilwatda, the APC national chairman.
Earlier on Monday, Aduda, who represented the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) between 2011 and 2023 in the senate, resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Aduda, an ally of Nyesom Wike, the minister of the FCT, attributed his decision to quit the PDP to the leadership crisis in the opposition party.
The former senator expressed appreciation to the PDP for the opportunity to serve in various elective positions in the country.
Earlier this month, Wike said Ireti Kingibe, the senator representing the FCT in the senate, would not be re-elected in 2027, claiming that she has “no project to show”.
Aduda lost the FCT senatorial election in 2023 to Kingibe. Aduda would later challenge the outcome of the polls, but both the tribunal and the appeal court upheld Kingibe’s election. (The Cable)
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