Breaking: New Fears For Gov Fubara As 27 Lawmakers Defect To APC

27 of the 31 lawmakers of the Rivers State House of Assembly elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP have formally defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC bringing new fears for the embattled governor of the state, Simi Fubara.

The defection was carried out on Monday morning.

GWG.ng had earlier reported the plot by the lawmakers to defect citing informed sources in Rivers State and the FCT.

The defection followed a meeting the lawmakers had in Abuja last weekend where the decision was taken to change camp from the PDP to the APC.

GWG.ng had also reported that the political leader of the 27 lawmakers, that is Nyesom Wike, had recently been invested with the structure of the APC in Rivers State, becoming the first political actor to control the structures of the two parties in a state.

The decision of the 27 lawmakers to defect is expected to heighten the political dynamics in Rivers State as it trails the falling out of Governor Simi Fubara from the camp of his predecessor, Wike.

One consideration for the Rivers lawmakers not to defect according to informed sources was the decision to wait for the Supreme Court judgment on the petition filed against Fubara by the APC candidate in the election, Tonye Cole. The Rivers lawmakers and their guardian have, however, decided to brave the odds and now isolate the governor with the decision to defect.

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