{"id":79933,"date":"2025-12-10T05:53:59","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T05:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=79933"},"modified":"2025-12-10T05:53:59","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T05:53:59","slug":"fubara-defects-to-apc-says-move-is-for-rivers-interest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/12\/10\/fubara-defects-to-apc-says-move-is-for-rivers-interest\/","title":{"rendered":"Fubara Defects to APC, Says Move Is for Rivers\u2019 Interest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Huldah Shado<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has formally dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC).<\/p>\n<p>Fubara announced his defection on Tuesday during a stakeholders\u2019 meeting at Government House, Port Harcourt.<\/p>\n<p>He said the decision followed extensive consultations with political leaders, traditional rulers and supporters across the state.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, joining the APC will strengthen Rivers\u2019 alignment with the Federal Government and boost cooperation in infrastructure development, security and economic growth.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the move was taken \u201cin the overall interest of Rivers people,\u201d not for personal political gain.<\/p>\n<p>Fubara assured residents that his administration remains committed to stability and good governance, noting that ongoing projects and policies will continue uninterrupted.<\/p>\n<p>APC leaders at the meeting welcomed the governor, describing his entry into the party as a major political development. They pledged full support for his administration.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting was attended by members of the State Executive Council, lawmakers, traditional rulers, youth leaders, and other stakeholders.<\/p>\n<p>The defection marks a significant shift in the political landscape of a state long considered a PDP stronghold.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Huldah Shado Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has formally dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC). Fubara announced his defection on Tuesday during a stakeholders\u2019 meeting at Government House, Port Harcourt. He said the decision followed extensive consultations with political leaders, traditional rulers and supporters across the state. According [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":79934,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,186],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79933"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79933\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79935,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79933\/revisions\/79935"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}