Nigeria, May 20 -- Barely two years after the Court of Appeal voided their 2023 elections to the National Assembly, at least three Plateau politicians have obtained tickets to try again, this time, on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Their resurgence followed Governor Caleb Mutfwang's defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which collapsed opposition ranks and reordered the state's political hierarchy ahead of the 2027 general elections.

The comeback candidates were among lawmakers displaced by appellate judgements that faulted the PDP's internal structure during the 2023 nomination process.

Instead of receding from relevance, the affected politicians regrouped, defected en bloc with the governor, and dep...