SENATE MINORITY WHIP, OSITA NGWU DUMPS PDP, JOINS APC

April 22, 2026 • Dons Eze • 1 min read

Senator Osita Ngwu, the Senate Minority Whip and representative of Enugu West Senatorial District, has officially defected from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress, APC.

Ngwu’s defection letter was read on the floor of the Senate on Wednesday.

His defection has now reduced the number of PDP senators in the Red Chamber to 6.

Dons Eze

DONS EZE, PhD, Political Philosopher and Journalist of over four decades standing, worked in several newspaper houses across the country, and rose to the positions of Editor and General Manager. A UNESCO Fellow in Journalism, Dr. Dons Eze, a prolific writer and author of many books, attended several courses on Journalism and Communication in both Nigeria and overseas, including a Postgraduate Course on Journalism at Warsaw, Poland; Strategic Communication and Practical Communication Approach at RIPA International, London, the United Kingdom, among others.