APC refuses to promise automatic tickets to defecting governors

Senior chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have refused to promise automatic tickets to governors who have joined the party recently.

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This includes the Akwa Ibom State Governor Umo Eno, Taraba State Governor Agbu Kefas, and Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara, as well as Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, who is expected to join soon.

A member of the APC National Working Committee (NWC), who Punch, explained that defection from another political party to the APC does not guarantee an automatic ticket.

Supporting this position, the APC Director of Publicity, Bala Ibrahim, described the ruling party as democratic and progressive, stressing that all members would be allowed to fully enjoy and exercise their rights.

Reacting, the National Publicity Secretaries of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ini Ememobong, and the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Oladipo Johnson, said the development was expected, adding that the governors involved had made the wrong decisions.

Among the PDP governors who have defected to the APC are Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State (South-South), Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State (South-South), Peter Mbah of Enugu State (South-East), Agbu Kefas of Taraba State (North-East), and, most recently, Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State (South-South).

The APC leadership in Kano State has also indicated that the defection of the state governor is imminent.