Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC, dumping the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
Fubara announced this at a stakeholders meeting at the government house in Port Harcourt.
The development comes amid political tension in the oil rich Niger Delta state.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Monday
held confidential discussions the with the Governor.
The engagement, held at the State House in Abuja, came against the backdrop of escalating political friction in Rivers State and ongoing uncertainties regarding Fubara’s standing within the PDP.
