Another PDP Governor ‘Dumps’ Party To Ruling APC

<p><strong> Another PDP Governor is set to dump the party for ruling APC&comma; Wike says&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that Rivers State Governor&comma; Nyesom Wike on Wednesday said another governor&comma; elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party &lpar;PDP&rpar; is set to defect to the ruling All Progressives Congress &lpar;APC&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This online news medium understands that Wike disclose this when he appeared on Channels Television’s &OpenCurlyQuote;Politics Today’ program on Wednesday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Speaking during the Politics Today&comma; <em>Wike said&comma;  &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I can tell you there is one PDP governor that will leave&period; He is not leaving because of anything but he will come up with an excuse&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The point is that these are the people who have been playing anti-party&comma; who have been romancing with the APC in the night and coming to the PDP in the daytime&period; My problem with our party is that when you speak the truth&comma; they will want to crucify you&period; I have raised this issue several times&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Wike further stated that Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State had always been disloyal to the PDP&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to him&comma; during a particular virtual meeting of PDP governors&comma; Umahi boasted that he helped President Muhammadu Buhari to garner votes in the 2019 presidential election&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;All of us are aware that Governor Umahi has been romancing with APC for long&period; We had a virtual meeting of PDP governors&period; I have never seen that in my life&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Governor Umahi in that meeting&comma; to the surprise of many governors&comma; said &OpenCurlyQuote;there is nothing anybody can do to stop me’&period; I promised President Buhari I would give him 35 per cent votes’&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I never knew that people never voted in Ebonyi&semi; that votes were allocated and Governor Umahi determined who gets what percentage”<&sol;em>&comma; he said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;