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Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC, dumping the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
Fubara announced this at a stakeholders meeting at the government house in Port Harcourt.
“We can’t support President (Tinubu) if we don’t fully identify with him, not just backyard support.
“Our decision this evening is that we are moving to the APC,” Fubara said as he announced his defection from the PDP to the APC.
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The development comes amid political tension in the oil rich Niger Delta state.
The Eastern Updates reported that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Monday
held confidential discussions the with the Governor.
The engagement, held at the State House in Abuja, came against the backdrop of escalating political friction in Rivers State and ongoing uncertainties regarding Fubara’s standing within the PDP.
Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State on Saturday, attributed his return to office to the “special grace of God” and “special favour” of President Bola Tinubu.
Tinubu had suspended Fubara for six months following crisis with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike and the state legislators.
Upon completion, Tinubu reinstated Fubara while the governor resolved the bad blood between him, Wike, and legislators in the state.
However, speaking at the combined 37th and 38th convocation of the Rivers State University, Nkpolu-Oroworukwu in Port Harcourt, on Saturday, the governor affirmed his administration’s commitment to fully funding the institution and supporting its staff and students.
