Wike's Key PDP Allies Decamp To APC Ahead Of River Governorship Rerun

According to information reaching us some of Governor Nyesom Wike's trusted political
allies have started pitching tent with the opposition
party, the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Rivers
state.
This is happening at a time when the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) is preparing to face the
electorates once again in rerun elections following
the massive nullification of federal and state
legislative elections by the Court of Appeal.

The latest member of Governor Wike's 'kitchen
cabinet' to jump ship is Ndubuisi Nwankwo, who
was only last month appointed as member of the
governing council of the Ignatius Ajuru University
of Education, Port Harcourt, Rivers state by the
same governor.
Governor Nyesom Wike is in serious trouble as his
allies are leaving him.
Nwankwo, who led 87 leaders of the PDP in Omuma
local government area of Rivers state to the APC on
Sunday was a onetime commissioner for energy and
natural resources during Dr Peter Odili's
administration.
The former PDP man and other members of the
party were received by Asita O Asita, the deputy
governorship candidate of the APC and praised them
for their courage to make the shift as the PDP was no
longer capable of leading Nigeria to the expected
destination.
Similarly, Chief Matthew Aleru, a stalwart of the
PDP in Ikwerre local government area and former
managing director of the Niger Delta
Development Basin Authority has decamped for
APC.
In a similar fashion, Igochukwu Dim who ran for
the Emohua/Ikwerre federal constituency seat
under the PDP has moved with his teeming
supporters to the APC.
Some weeks back, Chief Bekinbo Soberekon, a
chieftain of the PDP, a two-time governorship
aspirant who contested in the governorship
primaries with Wike and others walked into the
state secretariat of the APC to register and obtain
a membership card.