Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has defected from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.
Fubara made the announcement on Tuesday at the Government House, Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
Fubara who spoke during a meeting with stakeholders, said the decision followed the need to support President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
His words: “We can’t support President (Tinubu) if we don’t fully identify with him, not just the backyard support.
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“So we have taken that decision here today that everyone who has followed and suffered with me, the decision this evening is that we are moving to the APC.”
It would be recalled that Fubara met with President Tinubu in Abuja on Monday.
He joined the growing list of governors who have defected to the APC.
Governors who joined the APC before Fubara are Sheriff Oborevwori (Delta); Umo Eno (Akwa Ibom); Peter Mbah (Enugu) and Duoye Siri (Bayelsa).
