The organizer, Mr. Chizi
Nyeomasila, said the rally was a forum for local government executives of the
group to decamp.
No fewer than 8,500 members
of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers State, Thursday, defected to the
All Progressives Congress, APC, at a rally organised in Port Harcourt.
He added that the group
will also organise rallies in the various local government areas for members at
ward levels, who are willing to join the APC.
Nyeomasila expressed confidence
that at the end of the programme at the local government areas, a total of
108,000 of its members would have formally crossed over to the APC.
He said they had to leave
PDP when they realised that APC had what he termed “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,” he added.
His words: “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.”
Some leaders of APC at the
event 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. Dr.
Davies, who was a former member House of Representatives (Degema/Bonny federal
constituen-cy) said the development was a boost to APC, stressing that the
party was poised to right its loss at the last general election.
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