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Two senators from Akwa Ibom State have dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
The two senators are Sampson Ekong (Akwa Ibom South) and Aniekan Bassey (Akwa Ibom North-East).
Senate President Godswill Akpabio read the lawmakers’ letters of defection during plenary in Abuja on Wednesday, July 23, 2025.
With the latest defections, the number of APC senators is now 70, while that of the PDP is 28.
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