Two more commissioners in the Rivers State cabinet members are likely to announce their defection from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) any time before the presidential and national legislative elections scheduled for Saturday, SaharaReporters has learned.
Political sources in Rivers State told SaharaReporters that at least two commissioners, including those for Budget and Youth Affairs, have confide in close associates that they had been wooed by the PDP and would announce their defection in a day or two.
Earlier this week, Tele Ikuru, the state’s deputy governor, announced that he was leaving the APC for the PDP. Mr. Ikuru stated that, as a person from Rivers State, he would not be forgiven if he opposed the reelection of President Goodluck Jonathan who hails from the same geopolitical zone known as the south south.
Mr. Ikuru also accused his erstwhile party, the APC, of being a party of insurgents. Following the postponement of general elections by six weeks, President Jonathan and the PDP have gone on a spending binge to lure numerous politicians, traditional rulers, and leaders of different groups to endorse Mr. Jonathan for reelection.
