Rivers 2027: House Minority Leader Kingsley Chinda Joins APC After Winning Its Guber Ticket
- The House of Representatives Minority Leader, Kingsley Chinda, has officially dumped the PDP for the APC ahead of the 2027 election
- Chinda, who won the Rivers APC governorship ticket, officially resigned from his position as minority leader and his membership in the PDP
- His resignation letter, which was dated April 23, 2026, was read on the floor of the House on Tuesday, June 2, by Speaker Tajudeen Abbas
Kingsley Chinda, the minority leader in the House of Representatives, has finally announced his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2027 general elections.
The lawmaker attributed his decision to dump the PDP to the lingering internal crisis and leadership struggle rocking the party. He said the development has weakened the unity within the PDP and affected effective political coordination ahead of the next general election.
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Chinda's defection was contained in a letter read on the floor of the House by the Speaker, Tajudeen Abbas, which was dated April 23, 2026. The development came after he resigned as the minority leader of the House.
The Guardian reported that the Rivers lawmaker is a known ally of Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). He was recently elected as the governorship candidate of the APC in Rivers state ahead of the 2027 elections. He emerged after key aspirants, including Governor Siminalayi Fubara, withdrew from the race.
Nigerians react as House of Rep minority leader defects to APC
However, the news of the defection of the former minority leader from the PDP to the APC has started generating mixed reactions from Nigerians. Below are some of their comments:
Political Phoenix condemned the development:
"You can imagine the rubbish, you are just defecting to APC after clinching the ticket as APC Guber Candidate in Rivers APC, can any opposition party aside PDAPC indulge in such rubbish and go free with it? What a fantastically corrupt country."
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Uzo described the move as an act of indecency:
"These people don't care anymore. They are just doing anything they like. I like it, though. I wish it would get worse. So that when we get out of this mess (if we ever will), we will learn how to appreciate decent people. I pity this so-called democracy."
Wilson lamented the abuse of the law:
"Nigeria has no constitution anymore. Between 1999-2014, people never violated our constitution without remorse. Now, they misbehave like there is no tomorrow. The judiciary got their back. This is the criminal structure they boast of."
Collins knocked Nigerian leaders for the report:
"Akpabio, Wike, and Tinubu continue to spit on the faces of Nigerians. Because this is the secret game work of Akpabio and Wike under a president who needs power to be snatched at all costs. After all, the scheming to chase away Fubara also involved Akpabio, not only Wike & Tinubu."
Read more reactions to the report on X below:
Wike mocks Peter Obi
Legit.ng earlier reported that the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, knocked the NDC presidential candidate in the 2027 election, Peter Obi, for failing to be a courageous politician.
Wike, a two-term governor of Rivers state, in an interview on Monday, June 1, explained that leadership is all about confronting and fixing the existing problem.
The minister's outburst was a reaction to Obi's political trajectory from APGA to PDP, Labour Party, ADC and now to the NDC.
Proofreading by Funmilayo Aremu, copy editor at Legit.ng.
Source: Legit.ng
