Former Senate president, Ken Nnamani and immediate past Speaker of Enugu House of Assembly, Eugene Odo, are among top politicians in the state who are expected to join the All Progressives Congress (APC).
According to a report on The Nation, both Nnamani and Odo will use the period of three weeks registration exercise which began yesterday in the South East to formalise their movement from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
They will be following the footsteps of the former governor of Old Anambra, Senator Jim Nwobodo and wife of former PDP national chairman, Dorothy Nwodo, who had earlier cross carpeted from the PDP to APC.
Speaking with newsmen at the end of the party’s stakeholders meeting in Enugu on Monday, January 16, Enugu state APC chairman Dr. Ben Nwoye, said that the party’s door is wide open to all including Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu.
Nwoye dismissed reports in some sections of the media that the party was not ready to admit Ekweremadu into its fold should the lawmaker indicate interest to do so.
He said the party will accommodate all genuine democrats and progressives in the state and South East in general ‘‘without any tariff.’’
Nwoye said those interested in the APC“now have the opportunity of registering through their political wards. Nobody should be barred from registering. The party is for all and sundry and lovers of true democracy.”
He added: “As it stands, we want the world to know that the PDP is in comatose in Enugu state, and we are fully prepared to wrestle power from them in 2019, because we have the structure.
“You will quite agree with me that all those politicians that made PDP tick in Enugu state in the past, including former governor of old Anambara state and ex- senator, Ifeanyichukwu Jim Nwobodo have all dumped the opposition party, for APC.”
Recall that the state APC publicity secretary, Mrs. Kate Offor, had earlier issued a controversial statement that the party will not admit Ekweremadu, urging him to stay put in the PDP towill not admit Ekweremadu, urging him to stay put in the PDP to “clear the mess he contributed in no small measure in infesting the party with.”
According to a report on The Nation, both Nnamani and Odo will use the period of three weeks registration exercise which began yesterday in the South East to formalise their movement from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
They will be following the footsteps of the former governor of Old Anambra, Senator Jim Nwobodo and wife of former PDP national chairman, Dorothy Nwodo, who had earlier cross carpeted from the PDP to APC.
Speaking with newsmen at the end of the party’s stakeholders meeting in Enugu on Monday, January 16, Enugu state APC chairman Dr. Ben Nwoye, said that the party’s door is wide open to all including Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu.
Nwoye dismissed reports in some sections of the media that the party was not ready to admit Ekweremadu into its fold should the lawmaker indicate interest to do so.
He said the party will accommodate all genuine democrats and progressives in the state and South East in general ‘‘without any tariff.’’
Nwoye said those interested in the APC“now have the opportunity of registering through their political wards. Nobody should be barred from registering. The party is for all and sundry and lovers of true democracy.”
He added: “As it stands, we want the world to know that the PDP is in comatose in Enugu state, and we are fully prepared to wrestle power from them in 2019, because we have the structure.
“You will quite agree with me that all those politicians that made PDP tick in Enugu state in the past, including former governor of old Anambara state and ex- senator, Ifeanyichukwu Jim Nwobodo have all dumped the opposition party, for APC.”
Recall that the state APC publicity secretary, Mrs. Kate Offor, had earlier issued a controversial statement that the party will not admit Ekweremadu, urging him to stay put in the PDP towill not admit Ekweremadu, urging him to stay put in the PDP to “clear the mess he contributed in no small measure in infesting the party with.”
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