No less than 1,000 individuals from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have absconded to the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Abia State.
The decampees incorporate previous Minority pioneer of the state House of Assembly, Hon. Humphrey Azubuike; Major Gen. Ogbonna Okoro (rtd); previous Transition Committee Chairman, Bende gathering, Hon Ben Kalu; previous individual from the State House of Assembly, Hon Chidi Nwosu and Chief Uche Akwukwaegbu.
The turncoats were gotten by the state director of APC, Hon. Donatus Nwankpa, who communicated happiness at the quantity of prominent people who hosted joined the gathering.
Talking in the interest of different turncoats at a partners’ meeting in Umuahia, Akwukwaegbu said they chose to leave PDP for the APC in light of the fact that the gathering had fizzled Abia individuals.
As indicated by Akwukwaegbu, “We identify with Abians, we lament being gathering to the wreckage they’ve been through especially in the previous 9 years and that is the reason we have come today to apologize to them.
“We put stock in the masses and demand that the correct things must be finished. The prompt past government in the state was repulsive and loathsome; this present government ought to be free of itself and work towards cleaning up the unfulfilled obligations of specialists pay.
“This is the reason we have deserted PDP to join APC, the moving train. Every one of us have joined the APC with 1000 supporters from the PDP. With this, exclusive the cadaver of the PDP stays in Abia. In 2019, Abia will be conveyed to the APC.