Breaking: Why I Decided To Join APC –Senator Akpabio

The man in the centre of the storm at the moment, and Former Senate minority Leader, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has been speaking on why he decided to dump the party that gave him so much prominence – the PEople’s Democratic Party (PDP) for its arch rival, the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Though his argument may be dismissed with a wave of the hand, by his critics, Akpahio said he decided to leave the  for the ruling party after he discovered that “President Muhammadu Buhari is a man of integrity and a nationalist.”

He pledged to take the people of Akwa Ibom State and the South South to the centre for “meaningful visibility.”

He told the huge crowd that he decided to join APC because he discovered that President Muhammadu Buhari “is a man of integrity and a nationalist.”

Akpabio said that he decided to join a party that would sweep away poverty and impunity; stressing that he joined APC to “help salvage the country.”

“The country is at war and all hands must be on deck to salvage the situation and not to aggravate it.

“As keepers of national emergency, everyone should put heads together. I decided to join to emancipate the people and provide succour for the people.’’

He said that the PDP of today has no vision and the leadership is replete with arrogance.

Earlier, the Managing Director, Niger Delta Development Commission, Mr. Nsima Ekere, said that change had come to Akwa Ibom and the South South.

He said that Akwa Ibom has joined the progressive states because the people were dissatisfied with the long misrule of the PDP.

He said that Akpabio built the people and provided them with infrastructure but the present PDP government was a failure.

Ekere said that the people have agreed to re-elect President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019.