More than one thousand members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Cross River State have defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Yakurr Local Government Area (LGA) of the central senatorial district.
POLITICS NIGERIA reports that the defectors said they were decamping because Senator Bassey Otu, the governorship candidate of the APC in Cross River State for the 2023 general election, is more popular than his rivals.
The leader of the defectors, Nelson Ofem, said: “Anybody that has a good conscience must support Sen Prince Bassey Otu. We have discovered that APC has a candidate that is dynamic and humble, that’s why we decided to switch”.
Receiving the defectors in Ugep, the State APC Chairman, Alphonsus Ogar, assured them of fairness and equity in their new party, adding that the APC remained a united party in the state.
