All Progressive Congress, APC, has lost more than five thousand members to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Cross River.
SPY NIGERIA understands that the new defectors were given a welcoming party on Sunday at the Government Technical College playground in Ogoja.
PDP received the huge followership to double its grand reception for Jarigbe Agom, the Senator representing Cross River North.
Speaking at the event, PDP Chairman, Venatius Ikem, said the return of the former members and entry of new ones will boost the party’s chances ahead of future elections.
The returnees and the new members were from Ogoja Yala, Obanliku, Obudu and Bekwara, Naija News understands.
They included former Special Adviser to former Governor Liyel Imoke on Budget, Dr Peter Oti.
Ikem said: “Since the time of former Senate President, Joseph Ways, Cross River North never witnessed this number of crowd.
“I say with confidence that Cross River North has never produced a Senator as popular as Jarigbe Agom.”
It could be recalled that Senate President
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