Why I Joined APC – Akpabio

Different from the usual trend of Nigerian lawmakers defecting from the ruling All Progressive’s Congress to other parties, Senator Godswill Akpabio, former minority leader of the senate, has dared to defect from the PDP to the APC.

His decamping became formal this afternoon at a rally which held at the Ikot Ekpene township stadium in Akwa Ibom.

The lawmaker however denied the insinuation that his defection was to escape probe at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC), over the on going investigations bothering on his stewardship while in offices as governor.

“Some people are saying I moved to APC because a gun was pointed on my head. A young man wrote a petition against me and the petition was filled with lies. I have never been charged to court. The EFCC did not find anything on me,” he said.

“For those who said I am a traitor, I will never be a traitor. Those who are ganging up to stop the government of the day, we won’t see election if we follow them. We won’t see February 2019.”

He said his entry into the ruling party signals the end of the PDP in not just Akwa Ibom but the Niger Delta.

Akpabio said he joined the APC to move Nigeria forward under President Muhammadu Buhari.

“Our people should be part and parcel of Nigeria. We don’t believe in segregation. The region as a minority cannot stand on its own,” he said.

“The south-south having the major resources of this country should also partake in the sharing of the resources. What I have done today is to take the people of the south-south to the centre; to link Akwa Ibom to the centre.

“As I speak to you now, those who are from the national assembly are all here. Thousands of you all were in PDP
yesterday, are you not in APC today? I accept this broom to sweep away poverty form your life.”