Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, has dumped the main opposition 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.
He said: “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.”
This defection followed the governor’s visit to President Bola Tinubu at the State House, Abuja, on Monday.
Tinubu met separately on Monday with Fubara and his Ebonyi State counterpart, Francis Nwifuru, at the State House.
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.