Politics
1,000 Non-Indigenes Dump PDP For APC In Asari-Toru
A group of non-indi
genes resident in Asari-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State has dumped Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The decampees numbering over 1,000 declared their support for APC recently during the visit of the party’s state mobilisation committee to Buguma the headquarters of Asari-Toru Local Government Area.
Receiving the decampees on behalf of the APC state chairman, Dr Ibiamu Davies Ikanya, the chairman of the committee and lawmaker representing Andoni/Opobo/Nkoro Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Dakuku Peterside, congratulated the decampees for making the right decision at a time when the party needed an inclusive opinion to transform the country.
“You have made a wise decision today; you will never regret it from today, hold your broom, and sweep your environment clean, sweep out all other parties out,” Peterside said.
The leader of the decampees, Hon Friday Michael said the openness with which the APC conducts its affairs endeared them to the party.
He commended the state governor, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, for the uncommon transformation his administration has put in place to improve the living standard of the people.
According to him, we are particularly happy with the appointment of non-indigenes to caretaker committees in almost all the 21 local government areas including Asari-Toru local government area of the state, we witnessed this kind gesture as the first since the creation of the state in 1967.
“This also shows us that APC has good and unbiased agenda for every citizens of this state, irrespective of the tribes and religions,” he said.
Enoch Epelle