By Nelson Utip
The Action Peoples Party APP has urged governor Simi Fubara of Rivers State to defect to their camp preparatory to the 2027 gubernatorial election in the state, The Chairman of the party in Rivers State, Sunny Wokekoro extended the invitation when former leaders of the party led by Kenneth Atata paid him a solidarity visit at the APP Secretariat in Port Harcourt over the weekend.
The party Chairman was full of confidence that his party will perform Creditably in the forthcoming Local Government election in the state thereby altering the political landscape of Rivers State.
Wokekoro, a former PDP member criticized the current state of his former party, saying that it is no longer a viable political vehicle for politicians who is committed to the progress of the state and the Nation at large as it has lost its relevance.
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“I was a founding member of the PDP. I started by being a G-34 coordinator in Port Harcourt. I was a foundation member of that party. (With) the recent events in the country regarding the party’s administration, that party (PDP) is not supposed to house or to still retain any person who has morals. Any person who has integrity should have left that party by now.” Wokekoro said.
Clarifying the rumours of Fubara’s romance with The APP he said;
“There is one impression I must have to correct in this gathering; the impression that Governor Siminalayi Fubara is a member of this party or that he owns this party. This party has been in existence way back since 2017. It predates any of us who have just joined the party.”
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He called on other notable politicians in the state including members of the State and National Houses of Assembly, to come on board the APP while telling his party members to remain steadfast in propagating goals of the party in Rivers State and beyond.
Uchenna Nnadi, The National Chairman of the APP was full of praises for Wokekoro for raising the profile of party in Rivers State through his effective leadership.
“I want to commend the new leadership of the Action Peoples Party in Rivers State led by able and amiable chairman, Sunny Wokekoro. Within a short while, you have made us proud, and within a short while, our party is being recognised nationally.” Nnadi said.
