Four members of Nigeria's House of Representatives have defected to smaller opposition parties in the latest round of political realignments ahead of the 2027 general elections. Bello El-Rufai, son of former Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai, left the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for the African Democratic Congress (ADC), while a fourth lawmaker crossed to the newly formed Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), a party led by former Bayelsa governor Seriake Dickson. The moves follow a separate defection of 17 lawmakers to the NDC just two days earlier, underscoring a broader fragmentation of Nigeria's political landscape as politicians reposition against both the APC and a crisis-ridden Peoples Democratic Party ahead of the next electoral cycle.