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Hundreds of All Progressives Congress (APC) members in Enugu West Senatorial Zone have defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP to give support to its guber candidate, Barrister Peter Mbah.
The defected APC members were seen setting their brooms on fire and embracing the PDP at the endorsement rally organized at the zone.
The newly inaugurated PDP members describe the party as the only hope of the people as regards good governance.
The defectors, who were led by a former acting Chairman of the APC in the state, Mr Gilbert Chikwado-Chukwu, declared their rejection of the APC, calling their action historic and the triumph of light and hope.
Chikwado-Chukwu, who spoke on behalf of others, said they decided to join the ruling party because of the good governance and massive infrastructure the state was enjoying under the party.
Receiving the former APC members to the PDP and handing over the umbrella to them, the chairman of the party in the state, Augustine Nnamani lauded them for taking the right step and assured that the PDP would give them all the privileges being enjoyed by members.