PDP suffers huge setback as popular senator dumps party for APC (Photo)
- Ita-Giwa switched from the PDP to the APC on Friday, April 7
- She was well-received by the party in very colourful ceremony
- Ita-Giwa, a former special adviser to ex-president Obasanjo, said the PDP was dead and she could not wait to mourn
Ita-Giwa says the PDP is now a dead party and she needs a new platform
Senator Florence Ita-Giwa of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dumped the opposition for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
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Ita-Giwa made the crossover on Friday, April 7 in a very flamboyant ceremony.
NAIJ.com gathered that Ita-Giwa revealed on Thursday, April 6 that she is defecting to the APC with her huge supporters from her Bakassi constituency to boost the fortunes of the party in Cross River state.
Senator Ita-Giwa wearing APC colours and holding its signature broom
Ita-Giwa, a former special adviser on National Assembly matters to ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo said she is joining her contemporaries in the ruling party.
Pulse reports that Ita-Giwa said her decision to move was because she had been idle in the PDP for over one year.
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Ita-Giwa was received with pomp and ceremony by the APC on Friday.