The senator representing Akwa Ibom North West senatorial district in the National Assembly, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, has disclosed that he left Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) because it was “sinking”.
Akpabio was a two-term governor and Senate Minority Leader on the platform of the PDP before defecting to the APC.
He spoke in Ikot Ikpene on Tuesday, during the flag-off of an entrepreneurship/empowerment scheme during which cash grants were disbursed to recipients.
He said, “You gave me the ticket in 2015 to represent you on the platform of PDP. When I saw that PDP was about to sink, I left for APC. And I can assure you that victory is sure in APC and I thank APC for giving me the ticket unopposed.
“During the 18 years of PDP, we didn’t have anything more than the Ministers and Ambassadors, but President Muhammadu Buhari has given us so many things. Works have begun on Ikot Ekpene-Calabar Road, the Ikot Ekpene-Aba road will be dualised and it will be included in the 2019 budget. The Oron-Calabar Road and bridges will be done. You can see why I went to APC.
“I want you to use the money to start a business. We will monitor it but we are not going to ask you to repay it.”
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