BREAKING: 27 Pro-Wike Lawmakers Dump PDP for APC in Rivers, Photos Emerge

• 27 lawmakers in the Rivers state house of assembly have left the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
• Legit.ng learnt that the state lawmakers dumped the PDP for the main opposition in the state, the All Progressives Congress (APC)
• The 27 lawmakers, led by Martin Amaewhule, reportedly made their decision during a morning sitting of the house

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Port Harcourt, Rivers state - About 27 members of the Rivers state house of assembly, who are said to be loyal to the minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, have reportedly defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

As reported by The Nation on Monday, December 11, the lawmakers dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the APC on Monday, December 11, during the sitting of the house.

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27 Rivers PDP lawmakers defect to APC

The pro-Wike legislators sat under tight security mounted at the entrance of the assembly complex along Moscow Road in Port Harcourt.

The Rivers lawmakers were seen brandishing the flags of the APC in a group photograph after the sitting.

A member of the assembly confirmed the defection.

The Punch reported that the lawmakers cited division within the PDP as the primary reason for their action.

It remains to be seen whether Wike would follow the same path.

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Earlier, Legit.ng reported that Governor Sim Fubara declared that he would not surrender his mandate and the progress of the state to the alleged acts of intimidation, blackmail and deliberate sabotage against him.

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Fubara also tasked Nigerians to have faith in the renewed hope agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the federal level.

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Legit.ng also reported that Wike said the political crisis rocking Rivers state was being looked into by the leadership of the PDP.

Wike, a former governor of the state, disclosed the development after a meeting with the PDP governors in Abuja on Tuesday, October 31.

Wike stated that the PDP had taken over the crisis and that it was never an ethnic issue as speculated.

Source: Legit.ng