Senator to dump PDP for APC in Rivers

    
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Petroleum (Downstream), Senator Magnus Abe, declared on Tuesday that he would soon join the All Progressives Congress.
Abe, who spoke during the third annual interactive session with youths from the seven local government areas of Rivers South East Senatorial District, maintained that there was no provision in the constitution preventing him from moving from one political party to another.
He pointed out that with the current turmoil in the Peoples Democratic Party, he was set to join the APC, even if he was the only Senator to do so.
Explaining that the Nigeria’s Constitution guaranteed citizens of the country the freedom of association, the Senator added that the situation in the PDP had forced some of its members to move to an alternative political party.
He said, “I am going to cross to APC. Even if it is only one senator that will cross from PDP to APC, you can go and write it down; Magnus Abe will be that Senator. I will cross.
“The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria guarantees freedom of association. It says if there is division in your political association, you can cross.
“The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, which led to the walk-out of some aggrieved members of the party and subsequent formation of a faction of the ruling party, justifies the decision to dump the PDP for the APC.
“Everybody in Nigeria knows that there was a walkout during the convention of the PDP and that resulted in the formation of a faction. That faction has now merged with the APC.
“So, what am I doing in PDP when my faction is in APC? This country belongs to all of us and Nigerians must oppose this idea that once you hold power, it is your personal estate and you can do whatever you like.
“Have people not been crossing to the PDP? How many governors have crossed from other parties to the PDP? Was Orji of Abia State not elected on the platform of another party? Is he not in PDP today? Did they go to hang him.”