BREAKING: Fubara dumps PDP, defects to APC

Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has left the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and joined the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

Fubara announced the move on Tuesday during a stakeholders’ meeting at the Government House in Port Harcourt.

Speaking at the meeting, the governor said, “We can’t support President (Tinubu) if we don’t fully identify with him, not just the backyard support.

“So we have taken that decision here today that everyone who has followed, who has suffered with me, our decision today, this evening is that we are moving to the APC.”

His defection followed a visit to President Bola Tinubu at the State House, Abuja, on Monday.

Tribune Online reports that Tinubu met separately on Monday with Fubara and his Ebonyi State counterpart, Francis Nwifuru, at the State House. 

The Presidential Protocol Liaison Officer received Fubara at about 5:01 p.m. before proceeding to the President’s office for a closed-door meeting.

Earlier, the defection of the Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Martin Amaewhule, and 15 other PDP lawmakers to the APC signalled worsening factional tensions within the opposition party.

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