 Now, as a race to the 2023 general elections gather momentum, the River State chapter of the all-progressive Congress, the APC, has called on residents of Oppobo Kingdom to go and collect their permanent voter's cards in order to elect credible leaders of their choice come 2023. This call was made during a PVC sensitization campaign and the defection of hundreds of members of the PDP in the Oppobo Uncoro local government area of the state to the all-progressive Congress. The report. The governorship candidate of the APC on River State, Patrick Tonya Cole, expressed optimism that the APC will come out victorious in the 2023 general elections but advised the people to ensure that they obtain their permanent voter cards. Also, the immediate past, the master boss, Daku Kukupitasai, criticized Governor Yusam Wike for boasting that River's votes are in his hands, saying that no one man has River's votes in his pocket. On his part, the state chairman of the APC, Emeka Beke, who received the defectors assured them of equal opportunity and the APC and mandated the leadership of the party in the area to ensure they carry the defectors along for the interest of victory in the 2023 general elections. The former caretaker committee chairman of Oppobo Uncoro local government area of River State under Governor Yusam Wike's administration, Boomer Brown, who led the defectors boasted that the people's democratic party will find it difficult to secure up to 25 percent votes in Oppobo Uncoro. Brown stated that their decision was based on the fact that the captain of their former ship was leading the ship to sink, insisting that the Oppobo Uncoro people will never accept a wrong choice because they want to occupy an office. We don't conquer, but when you come, some can see big fish, the only fish making go, as Oppobo Uncoro can collect on a card, the bad thing is, as Oppobo Uncoro can't see where my big fish will come. We don't join the traditional institution. We don't join the cultural institution with politics. Politics will mess you up. We have to stay here and defend the kingdom in case there is problem tomorrow. We will also come to the authority and say, when this decision will stand, because what we are doing is for the interest of the community. Other defectors who were officers of the PDP said that they benefited nothing from their former party. And don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.