Sen. Godswill Akpabio Photo: Twitter
Former Senate minority Leader Senator Godswill Akpabio says he decided to defect to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), after he discovered that “President Muhammadu Buhari is a man of integrity and a nationalist.”
Akpabio pledged to take the people of Akwa Ibom State and the South South to the centre for “meaningful visibility.”
The former governor of Akwa Ibom State formally defected from the opposition PDP to the ruling APC at a mega rally held at the Ikot Ekpene township stadium on Wednesday.
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 stated 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, everybody should put heads together. I decided to join to emancipate the people and provide succour for the people,” he said.
He stated that the PDP of today has no vision and the leadership is replete with arrogance.