Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara on Tuesday defended his decision to defect from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC), saying he lacked protection under his former party.
Speaking at a stakeholders’ meeting at the Government House in Port Harcourt, Fubara said his move was encouraged by the support he received from President Bola Tinubu during the height of the state’s political crisis.
“What you all have been waiting for—the signal has finally arrived,” he told party loyalists. “We have the positive nod to leave where we are because we didn’t get any protection. Without Mr President, there wouldn’t be any His Excellency Siminalayi Fubara; it would have been former governor.”
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The governor said joining the APC was his way of expressing gratitude to President Tinubu, insisting that meaningful support for the President could not be done “in isolation” or from the “backyard.”
He added that all those who stood by him through recent political turmoil would move with him to the ruling party.
Fubara’s switch comes just four days after Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Martin Amaewhule, and 17 other lawmakers dumped the PDP for the APC, citing deepening internal crisis within the party. Their exit reportedly intensified pressure on the governor to align with the ruling party.
Fubara’s defection marks another major setback for the PDP, which has been grappling with internal fractures at both state and national levels.
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