More members of the People's Democratic Party, PDP, have defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in Calabar Municipal Local Government Area of Cross River state.
The defectors include a stalwart of the PDP, Francis Effiom, and many of his supporters.
One of the defectors from the Ward-8 Chairman, Bernard Iso, said that their move was intended to contribute positively to Governor Bassey Otu's administration, rather than detract from it.
"This decision is predicated on what is so obvious. The governor of Cross River State Prince Bassey Otu has shown capacity and willingness to touch the lives of the people. I am talking about my ward Ward 8, Ikot Ansa, Calabar Municipal Local Government Council.
"Within the first year that Senator Bassey Otu became a governor, he had fixed two major roads in my community. One is the road leading to the highway through zone 6 to the NPC depot, to the port side via the industrial Park where you have the bulk of the tank farms in Calabar.
