ETIM EFFIONG
All Progressives Congress governors are to storm Akwa Ibom State as Governor Udom Emmanuel’s defection plan is said to have become clearer.
The governors that are to welcome him into the APC are the party’s Interim National Chairman, Governor Mai Mala Buni (Yobe); Ben Ayade (Cross River); David Umahi (Ebonyi); Hope Uzodinma (Imo), and other APC governors.
Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State on Thursday, May 20, 2021, while defecting from the Peoples Democratic Party to the APC, had said that other PDP governors would soon join him to dump the opposition party.
FirstNews learnt that the PDP family in Akwa Ibom State had been thrown into lamentation.
It was gathered that some PDP members had taken to their social media handles to condemn the ‘supposedly’ planned defection of Emmanuel, while others have decided to stay aloof and observe the terrain as events unfold.
According to CitizenDiary, Government House sources said that the governor would soon announce his current political party. It added that loyalists to the governor had concluded plans to go with him.
However, the purpose of their planned visit is not made known to the media, but sources have it that their plans will be unveiled once they arrive in Akwa Ibom.