Reacting to the defection of over 20,000 APC officers to PDP, Governor Udom Emmanuel’s Divine Mandate Campaign Organisation’s, Spokesman, Otuekong Emmanuel Ibiok, yesterday, said the mass defection of members of All Progressives Congress, APC, to Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, indicated a wide acceptance of PDP and its governorship candidate in Akwa Ibom State.

Ibiok, in his statement in Uyo, said “The over 20,000 officers of APC dumping the broom for the PDP umbrella, and also unanimously declaring their unflinching support for the re-election of Governor Emmanuel, indicate the wide acceptance of our great party and the governor in the state.”

He went further to describe Monday’s defection and subsequent endorsement by the former APC members of Governor Emmanuel as a tip of the iceberg and a dress rehearsal of more support for the governor’s re-election in 2019.
Otuekong stressed that PDP was still expecting more citizens from other political parties, particularly APC, expressing delight that more Akwa Ibom people were beginning to appreciate the prevailing situation of peace and security under the Udom Emmanuel’s government.