ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The Deputy Governor of Rivers State, Ngozi Odu, has formally defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC), further deepening the realignment of political power in the oil-rich state.
Odu completed her registration as an APC member in Akabuka town, Ward 8, Unit 11, Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State, where party supporters gathered to witness the exercise.
Moments after registering, the deputy governor broke into the song “On Your Mandate We Shall Stand,” a chant closely associated with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, drawing cheers from APC faithful present at the venue.
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Her defection comes weeks after Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, also dumped the PDP for the APC following a meeting with President Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
After his defection, Governor Fubara was formally registered as an APC member by Tony Okocha, the party’s chairman in Rivers State. Okocha said the registration was carried out on the directive of the APC national secretariat.
In a move seen as consolidating the party’s structure in the state, the APC National Chairman, Nentawe Yilwatda, subsequently announced Fubara as the leader of the party in Rivers State.
The defection of both the governor and his deputy from the PDP to the APC is widely expected to significantly reshape Rivers State’s political landscape, with implications for future elections and party dominance in the state.