The
APC has continued to gather influence in the South-eastern part of
Nigeria following the recent membership for a former governor of Abia
State, Orji Uzor Kalu.
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No fewer than 1,000 members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,
have defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Abia State.
The decampees include former Minority leader of the state House of
Assembly, Hon. Humphrey Azubuike; Major Gen. Ogbonna Okoro (rtd); former
Transition Committee Chairman, Bende council, Hon Ben Kalu; former
member of the State House of Assembly, Hon Chidi Nwosu and Chief Uche
Akwukwaegbu.
The defectors were received by the state chairman of APC, Hon.
Donatus Nwankpa, who expressed gladness at the number of eminent persons
who had joined the party.
Speaking on behalf of other defectors at a stakeholders’ meeting in
Umuahia, Akwukwaegbu said they decided to leave PDP for the APC because
the party had failed Abia people.
According to Akwukwaegbu, “We sympathize with Abians, we regret
being party to the mess they’ve been through particularly in the past 9
years and that is why we have come today to apologize to them.
“We believe in the masses and insist that the right things must
be done. The immediate past government in the state was horrible and
terrible; this present government should be independent of itself and
work towards tidying up the arrears of workers salary.
“This is why we have abandoned PDP to join APC, the moving
train. All of us have joined the APC with 1000 supporters from the PDP.
With this, only the carcass of the PDP remains in Abia. In 2019, Abia
will be delivered to the APC.”
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