Over 8,500 PDP members defect to APC

Over 8,500 members of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have dumped the party for the All Progressive Congress in Rivers State.

According to a report by Vanguard, the members of the political party, who belonged to a former pro-PDP group called I see You, defected to APC at a rally organised in Port Harcourt on Thursday, August 31, 2017.

Chizi Nyeomasila, the National Leader of the political group, said the rally was a forum for local government executives of the group to defect to the national ruling party.

Nyeomasila also added that the group will also organise rallies in the various local government areas for members at ward levels to defect and this will see a total of 108,000 of its members formally dumping PDP for APC.

In his words: "We had to leave PDP when we realised that APC had a better programme for the state

“PDP is a failure in the state. We were there but have now seen that APC will serve the common good of the state better. Like Paul in the Bible, we now see clearly.”

Chairman of Rivers APC, Dr Davies said, “We are set to dislodge PDP in the state at all levels. It has started. Now it is two to one at the senatorial level. APC has two senators, while PDP has one. So you can see that APC is set for victory in 2019.”

Present at the rally were Senator-elect, Rivers East senatorial district, Senator Andrew Uchendu; Dr Seconte Davies, Executive Director Marine Operations, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), and Rivers State Chairman of APC, Dr Davies Ikanya.