{"id":96513,"date":"2025-12-09T17:58:35","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T17:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=96513"},"modified":"2025-12-09T18:28:59","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T18:28:59","slug":"fubara-defects-from-pdp-to-apc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=96513","title":{"rendered":"Fubara defects from PDP to APC (+Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has officially defected from the People\u2019s Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).<\/p>\n<p>The governor announced his decision on Tuesday during a stakeholders\u2019 meeting held at the Government House in Port Harcourt. The announcement marks a major political shift in one of Nigeria\u2019s most strategically significant states.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing party leaders and supporters, Fubara stated that his move to the APC was a deliberate political decision aimed at repositioning the state for what he described as \u201cgreater collaboration and effective governance.\u201d He did not provide further details regarding the reasons for his departure from the PDP but noted that the change was made in the interest of the state\u2019s political stability.<\/p>\n<p>Below is the video of event where Fubara announced defection:<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 360px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-96513-1\" width=\"360\" height=\"640\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/VID-20251209-WA0031.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/VID-20251209-WA0031.mp4\">https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/VID-20251209-WA0031.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>The stakeholders\u2019 meeting drew senior government officials, political associates, and party loyalists, many of whom expressed support for the governor\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Fubara\u2019s defection is expected to trigger realignments within Rivers State\u2019s political landscape, which has traditionally been a stronghold of the PDP. Analysts say the development may influence the balance of power ahead of future elections and could reshape alliances within the state.<\/p>\n<p>The PDP has not yet issued an official response to the governor\u2019s exit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has officially defected from the People\u2019s Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The governor announced his decision on Tuesday during a stakeholders\u2019 meeting held at the Government House in Port Harcourt. The announcement marks a major political shift in one of Nigeria\u2019s most strategically significant states. Addressing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":67304,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8],"tags":[189,6306,334],"class_list":["post-96513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-politics","tag-apc","tag-fubara","tag-pdp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=96513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96513\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/67304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=96513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=96513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=96513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}