Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe has reportedly dumped the African Democratic Congress (ADC), four months after joining the party. The Abia South lawmaker is said to have joined the Labour Party (LP) ahead of the 2027 general elections.
The Abia State Publicity Secretary of the Labour Party, Emenike Iroegbu, said the veteran senator has joined the party.
Abaribe’s recent move is another chapter in a political career that has been characterized by strategic realignments and shifting party platforms.
The senator had reportedly defected to the ADC in December last year after leaving the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), where he won re-election in the 2023 polls. His time in the ADC now seems to have lasted only a few months before the latest reported move.
Abaribe had built much of his political career within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), under whose platform he first entered the Senate in 2007, before his APGA and ADC stints.
He is currently serving his fifth term as the representative of Abia South Senatorial District and is still one of the leading political figures in the state.
The reported defection to the Labour Party is likely to reshape political equations in Abia South, especially as parties make early moves for the 2027 elections.
There are also growing calls in some parts of the constituency for power rotation and fresh representation after Abaribe’s long stay in the Senate.
The senator had not issued a personal statement confirming or denying the latest defection as at the time of filing this report.
