Namadi Sambo, Jonathan’s VP, Dumps PDP For APC

By Adesina Soyooye

Namadi Sambo, a former Vice President of Nigeria, has dumped his Party, the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, for the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.

Even though Sambo has not issued a statement to that  effect, an APC chieftain, Imram Muhammad, in a post on his X page,  confirmed that the former Vice President, defected to the APC on Friday, June 13, 2025.

Sambo was Nigeria’s Vice President under President Goodluck Jonathan from 2010 to 2015. He and Jonathan lost to then General Muhammadu Buhari and Professor Yemi  Osinbajo in the 2015 Presidential Election.

Before Jonathan picked him as his Vice President when he, Jonathan, became President on the passing of President Umaru Yar’adua, Sambo was serving his second term in office as the Governor of Kaduna State.

Recall that the other day, former First Lady, Patience Jonathan, PhD, publicly stated that she would join current First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, to campaign for the reelection of President Bola Tinubu in 2027. “She’s my friend, I will join her in the campaign field for the President’s reelection”, Dr (Mrs) Jonathan said.