Powerful south South governor explains why he joined APC from PDP

• Governor Umo Eno has opened up connected the crushed for dumping the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC)
• The Akwa Ibom authorities politician cited President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s way grounds of achievements
• Eno said the request to align Akwa Ibom authorities with the Centre to pull much Federal beingness is different crushed for joining the ruling APC

Legit.ng writer Adekunle Dada has implicit 8 years of acquisition covering metro, authorities policy, and planetary issues

Uyo, Akwa Ibom - Governor Umo Eno said President Bola Tinubu’s way grounds of achievements implicit the years was the crushed for joining the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Legit.ng recalls that Governor Eno officially dumped the PDP for the ruling APC connected Friday, June 6, 2025, ending months of speculation.

Governor Umo Eno says helium joined APC to align Akwa Ibom authorities with the Centre to pull much Federal presence. Photo credit: Umo Eno
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Governor Eno said has implicit spot successful the enactment of the APC-led national authorities led by President Tinubu.

As reported by The Nation, the politician said his defection to the APC was a acquisition to Tinubu.

Eno stated this portion delivering his defection code connected Friday, June 7, 2025.

The politician said has ever admired Tinubu close from his days arsenic Lagos authorities politician during which helium transformed the authorities to the Centre of Excellence.

“It is simply a known information that I person ne'er hidden my admiration for the President and his patriotic devotion to nationalist renewal which helium is engendering today“As a young nonrecreational moving successful Lagos, portion helium was the Governor, I was amazed and fascinated by the mode helium ran Lagos, and had, with absorption and vision, raised the illustration of Lagos State to go a starring Subnational successful the country, portion facing daunting challenges”.

Governor Eno said his medication volition beryllium built astir the national government’s Renewed Hope Agenda and the state’s ARISE Agenda.

“Why americium I successful the APC, you whitethorn ask? The reply is abbreviated and simple: Enlightened State Interest is predicated connected the request to align our State with the Centre to pull much Federal presence. “Let america strategically Arise together, to the committedness of a better, much inclusive, stronger and agreed Akwa Ibom State that is aligned with the Renewed Hope Agenda of the President Ahmed Bola Tinubu, GCFR led-Federal Government,”

List of PDP governors who defected to APC

Recall that Governor Eno officially defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling APC connected Friday, June 6, 2025.

The Akwa Ibom is not the archetypal PDP politician to person dumped the enactment for the ruling enactment since the emergence of the APC.

The nonfiction compiled the database of each the PDP governors who dumped the enactment and defected to the ruling APC.

Tinubu Watches As Akwa Ibom Governor’s Defects to APC

Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that President Tinubu participated successful the authoritative defection of Governor Eno from his Ikoyi residence successful Lagos state.

Tinubu watched arsenic the Akwa Ibom authorities politician defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Nigerians took to societal media to respond to Governor Eno's defection aft the video of President Tinubu observing the programme emerged.

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Source: Legit.ng