December 5, 2025
Sixteen members of the Rivers State House of Assembly, led by the Speaker Martin Amaewhule have defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The speaker Martin Amaewhule, announced this during a plenary session on Friday, citing division within the PDP as the primary reason for their departure.
“Distinguished colleagues, very happily, let me announce that your speaker has decided and has indeed written to my ward chairman of my decision to leave the PDP. APC is my new party.”
“I will do all that is needed to be done towards ensuring that the party card of the APC is issued to me in no time. But as we speak today, I am a member of the APC so that we can join forces with Mr. President.
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“President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is doing so much for this country. He means well for Nigeria. He is tackling the issue of security headlong. The president has shown love to Rivers State.
“The president is helping Rivers people to be part of the governance of this country.” he saidThe defectors include Dumle Maol, Major Jack, Linda Stewart, and several others.
27-member members of the ssembly loyal to the FCT minister, Nysome Wike, on Wednesday, passed a vote of confidence in President Bola Tinubu, urging him to seek re-election.
One would recall that on March 18, president Tinubu declared a state of emergency in Rivers state due to ongoing political crisis, suspending Governor Siminalayi Fubara and the state assembly for six months. The emergency was lifted on September 17, 2025.
