Nigeria, Dec. 10 -- The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said on Tuesday that Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State voluntarily quit the party to join the All Progressives Congress (APC). The PDP denied claims that Mr Fubara was abandoned during his political rift with his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, now Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

In a statement, the PDP's National Publicity Secretary, Ini Ememobong, suggested that Mr Fubara's decision may be linked to the trauma of the political crisis he faced, which he said could have caused temporary amnesia.

"Everyone who has followed the developments that culminated in this uneventful defection, will recall that the Governor willingly travelled the path that took him to this...