House Minority Leader Kingsley Chinda has defected from the PDP to the APC and resigned his leadership position in the House of Representatives.
A significant political shift unfolded in the House of Representatives on Tuesday as House Minority Leader Kingsley Chinda formally defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The development was announced during plenary after Speaker Tajudeen Abbas read Chinda’s defection letter to lawmakers. Following the announcement, Chinda resigned from his position as Minority Leader.
The Rivers lawmaker recently emerged as the APC governorship candidate ahead of the 2027 election, a development that had intensified attention on his political future.
His exit from the PDP marks a notable realignment within the opposition bloc and creates a vacancy in one of the principal leadership positions in the House of Representatives.
The defection further underscores the evolving political landscape ahead of the next electoral cycle.