I Have No Plans to Defect to APC - Wike

The Rivers State governor-elect, Barr Nyesom Wike said he never contemplated of moving from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Wike said this in a statement issued by his Media Aide, Simeon Nwakando.

The governor-elect said he was committed to the PDP and has not entered into any negotiation with APC with the aim of defecting to the APC.

Wike also said political career is built on truth, development and service to the people as well as commitment to the development of Rivers State which he said is his focus.

He said he received the mandate of Rivers people to recall the stolen mandate from the APC and has no desire whatsoever to join the APC.

Meanwhile the PDP in the state has dismissed the allegation by the APC that the governor-elect planned to defect to the APC so as to protect the mandate at the poll.

The PDP chairman, Felix Obuah in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media, Jerry Needam described the claims by the APC as baseless, malicious and a mere wish.