120 APC Loyalists Defect To PDP In Rivers

Barely few weeks to the Presidential elections in the country, no fewer than 120 All Progressive Congress( APC) loyalists in Ikwerre Local Government Area have dumped the party and defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The decampees also said that the APC in the state is dead and buried ahead of the governorship and presidential polls come February 16 and March 2, 2019, adding that APC has no candidates in the state
Director General of Campaign, PDP, Ikwerre Local Government Area Mr. Wogugu Augustine Wobusike disclosed this to The Tide during  an interview at the PDP rally held at Saint Martins Anglican Church field, Omagwa, near the Port Harcourt International Airport last Monday.
Wobusike said the people of Ikwerre is ready to vote massively for Governor Wike come 2019 and  the Presidential candidate of PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar in February and March polls.
Describing the Governor  Wike as  proactive, Wobusike said the 181 units in his locality would vote the party to victory come 2019 poll.
He lauded the governor for executing tangible projects across the communities in the area as he commended the state government for the completion of Ipo, Omademe, Iguruta , Isiokpo and Aluu internal roads projects.
On the PDP rally, Wobusike said the people of Ikwerre is not campaigning, but celebrating the Wike good jobs across Ikwerre communities in terms of project execution.
He appealed to the electorate  to collect their Permanent Voters Card PVC and vote out the APC in the state come March 2 election.
Augustine also assured the governor that every unit in the area would deliver PDP massively come 2019 poll, even as he insisted that there is no political party in Ikwerre to compete with PDP or Governor Wike at the poll.
The Ikwerre PDP campaign chief  told The Tide that the party  and its teeming supporters would no longer fold their hands and allow any body in the area to intimidate and rig any election anymore as the electorate are ready to vote and defend their votes at the polls.
He lauded the PDP hierarchies for enthroning peace and unity in the party across the state.

Chinedu Wosu