Six Rivers State PDP Lawmakers Join APC, Leaving Party With Only Two House Seats

Six lawmakers from Rivers State in the House of Representatives have defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

The defecting members are Robinson Dekor, Solomon Bob, Cyril Hart, Victor Obuzor, Blessing Amadi, and Felix Nwaeke.

Speaker of the House, Tajudeen Abbas, read their letters of defection on Tuesday, citing “divisions and unresolved political crisis in the PDP” as the reason for their move.

The lawmakers said the internal conflicts in the PDP had made it difficult for them to pursue their political goals and pledged to support the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Tinubu.

The defection reduces the PDP’s Rivers State caucus in the House from 12 to just two members. Last week, the party had already lost three representatives—Boniface Emerengwa, Awaji-Inombek Abiante, and Boma Goodhead—to the APC.

The remaining PDP lawmakers from Rivers State are House Minority Leader Kingsley Chinda and Kelechi Nwogu.