Wednesday, December 10, 2025 - Rivers state governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
He announced this at a stakeholders meeting at the
government house in Port Harcourt, the state capital today December 9.
On why he defected to the ruling APC, Governor Fubara said
the PDP’s failure to protect him during the recent political crisis in the
state, while the APC offered the support and protection he needed necessitated
his defection.
“I went to
see Mr. President not just for a personal visit, but for a consultation on
state matters,” Fubara said. “The most important outcome of that meeting is
that we now have full support to leave where we were because we didn’t get the
protection we needed. The struggles we faced were due to the crisis in the
state.
If President
Tinubu had not intervened, there wouldn’t be a Siminalayi Fubara today. We have
the people and supporters with us. Our decision is to move to the APC and fully
support the President’s second-term bid.” he said
His defection comes days after 16 members of the State House
of Assembly loyal to FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, defected from PDP to APC.
Fubara's defection comes months after his faceoff with WIke
over the control of the political structure in the state.
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