APC finally reacts to defection of Amaechi's ally, says party remains strong in Rivers- APC has reacted to the defection of Chidi Llyod - Llyod, a loyalist to the minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, defected to PDP on Monday, August 24 - The party said Llyod's defection would not adversely affect its political fortunes PAY ATTENTION: Click “See First” under the “Following” tab to see Legit.ng News on your Facebook News Feed! Following the defection of the former leader of Rivers state House of Assembly, Chidi Lloyd, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has finally reacted. The party expressed confidence that Lloyd's defection would not adversely affect its political fortunes. Legit.ng gathered that Lloyd, a former political associate of the minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, was the director-general of the 2019 Rivers APC governorship campaign council. He defected from the APC to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and was received by Governor Nyesom Wike and other party leaders at the state Government House, Port Harcourt on Monday, August 24. Read also Kogi guber: Huge number of APC aspirants is due to my efforts, says Gov Bello The spokesman for the APC in the state, Ogbonna Nwuke, made the party’s position known in a statement titled, "Chidi Lloyd’s exit: Good riddance to bad rubbish,” and issued in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, August 25. Meanwhile, Legit.ng had previously reported that the plan by the APC to reclaim all the states in the south-south might be difficult to accomplish as Lloyd dumped the party. Lloyd bid the APC farewell on Monday, August 24. He announced his decision to dump the APC at a reception held in his honour by Governor Wike at Government House, Port Harcourt. It was, however, learnt that Governor Wike prevailed on the ex-Amaechi’s strongman to abandon APC as part of his ongoing consolidation and harmonisation for the emergence of his successor. PAY ATTENTION: Get the Latest Nigerian News Anywhere 24/7. Spend less on the Internet! Read also Elections 2019: List of 14 battleground states that may be won and lost by Buhari and Atiku Lloyd, who was the director-general of the 2019 governorship campaign council of the Rivers APC, reportedly fell apart with Amaechi, following some irreconcilable differences. In another report, a non-profit advocacy organisation based in Port Harcourt, Rivers state, Centre for Public Trust (CPT), berated Llyod for defecting to the PDP. In a chat with journalists in Port Harcourt on Monday, August 24, the coordinator of Rivers state chapter of CPT, Barrister Sotonye Douglas, described Lloyd as “an ingrate who has benefited immensely from the minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, but yet continued to secretly collect money from Governor Wike.” We'll isolate Wike in an isolation centre - Ganduje | - on Legit TV Source: Legit.ng - APC has reacted to the defection of Chidi Llyod - Llyod, a loyalist to the minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, defected to PDP on Monday, August 24 - The party said Llyod's defection would not adversely affect its political fortunes PAY ATTENTION: Legit.ng Legit.ng PAY ATTENTION: