All the senators in Rivers State are now in the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. Osinakachukwu Ideozu, the senator representing Rivers West, was the latest to defect from the Peoples Democratic Party to the APC.
Ahmed Lawan, the majority leader at the Senate, announced Osinakachukwu’s defection at plenary on Wednesday, October 24. Lawan, who was moving a motion for the adjournment of plenary till November 6, welcomed and congratulated him for joining the majority party.
With this, the three senators from Rivers, a PDP-controlled state, are now members of the APC.
The others are Senators Andrew Uchendu (Rivers East) and Magnus Abe (Rivers South East).