Former minority leader Senator Godswill Akpabio has, after weeks of speculation, dumped the People’s Democratic Party for the ruling All Progressives Congress. "Let the world know I’ve joined APC, I’m now a progressive," Akpabio said on Wednesday. "What I have done today is to link the people of Akwa Ibom to the centre. Akpabio is…

Some senators belonging to the ruling All Progressives Congress are in Akwa Ibom state for the formal announcement of Senator Godswill Akpabio's defection to the party. The senators were led by the senate majority leader, Ahmed Lawan. Akpabio, a former People's Democratic Party bigwig, resigned as the minority leader of the Nigerian senate on Tuesday.…

Since the rumoured defection of Senate Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio to the ruling party, APC, Nigerians including former political office holders have expressed their dismay. According to a report carried by ThisDayLive, Akpabio who will be formally received on Thursday 8 August at Ikot Ekpene Stadium was shown "a dossier on some of his alleged…