Six members of the Peoples Democratic Celebration (PDP) within the Home of Representatives from Rivers State have defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The lawmakers’ letters of defection have been learn by Speaker Abbas Tajudeen throughout plenary on Tuesday.
Of their letters, the lawmakers cited the unresolved management disaster inside the PDP as the explanation for his or her choice, saying the scenario had made it tough for them to perform successfully inside the occasion.
They mentioned the choice to hitch the APC was taken after in depth consultations, including that the ruling occasion, underneath the management of President Bola Tinubu, provides a greater platform to serve their constituents.
The defecting lawmakers are Dumnamere Dekor (Khana/Gokana), Solomon Bob (Abua/Odual and Ahoada East), Hart Cyril (Degema/Bonny), Victor Obuzor (Ahoada West/Ogba-Egbema-Ndoni), Blessing Amadi (Port Harcourt II), and Felix Nweke (Eleme/Oyigbo/Tai).
Their defection comes weeks after Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara defected from the PDP to the APC on December 5, 2025.
It additionally follows the defection of 15 members of the Rivers State Home of Meeting, together with Speaker Martin Amaewhule, who left the PDP for the APC per week earlier than the governor’s transfer.
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