'A grand plan' - New twist as Primate Ayodele says Gov Fubara will defect to APC

The leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has said Siminalayi Fubara, governor of Rivers state, will soon dump the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

According to Primate Ayodele, Fubara will join the opposition party, the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The cleric claimed that the current political impasse in Rivers state involving Nyesom Wike, minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), is "a game plan".

Ayodele commented on the Rivers political crisis in a video posted on his official X (formerly Twitter) handle on Thursday, December 28.

His words: “Rivers state, Fubara has gone to APC. Fubara cannot weaken Wike. Wike has taken over, and Fubara is already in APC.

“PDP, don’t bother yourself about Fubara. Fubara cannot do anything. I have said it earlier. And that is why some people will hate him. Fubara doesn’t have the strength to fight the battle. Fubara is crossing to APC as well.

“It is a game plan; it is closed, completely closed.

“So, what is on ground now is, PDP have to put their house together. Mark my words.”

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that the federal high court in Abuja extended the order that restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Rivers state house of assembly from declaring 27 seats vacant.

Earlier in December, the court barred the commission from conducting an election to fill the seats of the 27 members, who defected to the APC from the PDP.