Godswill Akpabio, the Senate President, announced on Friday in Abuja that the All Progressives Congress, which is currently in power, is here to stay in the South South.

He expressed confidence that the party will perform better in the region in the coming elections given its current performance.

On Friday in Abuja, Akpabio was paid a courtesy call by national executives of the party from the South-South, led by Victor Giadom, the National Vice Chairman.

He claimed that evidence of this was visible from the party's performance in the zone during the most recent general elections.

He said, “We are steadily moving on, Cross Rivers State is 100% APC. Here and there, some people will emerge either in the Senate or the Reps and the House of Assembly but in the governorship and government, the state is totally APC.

“Akwa Ibom has the Senate President, so for you to have members of the House of Representatives it shows that things are about to happen.

“For you to have won the presidential election in Rivers State where the zonal chairman comes from, it means things are beginning to happen and even winning in 2019 the Bayelsa State except for.technical issues in the court shows clearly that the APC has come to stay in the entire South South.

“In Edo State, the APC governor took Government House into another party and so election is coming next year, as we expect the chairman to double his effort with all of us included in the campaign and ensure we get back what belongs to us.

“Your visit is timely and I believe strongly that working together with you, the APC can only be stronger in the South South region and infact won the zone.”