About 500 members of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party (LP) on Christmas day dumped their parties for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ebonyi state.
The defectors were led by their leaders – Chidiebere Uguru, a former PDP youth leader in the community and Pastor Christian Nwokpoku of Amaeka community in Ezza South local government area of the state.
They were received by the state Commissioner for Commerce, Industry and Business Development, Chief Oguzor Offia Nwali, who organised Christmas party for the people of the community, APC zonal chairman Ebonyi Central, Chief Peter Nworie and Amaeka ward chairman of the party, Maduabuchi Nwafor.
Addressing the defectors, Nwali assured them of a level playing ground and commended them for joining the party.
He noted that the party was so large and open to welcome everybody, join hands with Governor Francis Nwifuru to move the state forward.
“There is nothing like party. The more the merrier for all of us. The more in number, the more the party fair better. We need everybody in the party. Today is a great day for us to champion one course and that one course is unity, progress and support for the government we are serving which is the government that has remembered Amaeka and the state in general.
“Things have turned around since the governor came on board. Retirees have been paid their 25 years retirement benefits, hawkers in various cities have been empowered with N2 million each. The governor is a leader we can trust and this is the first time I have stop condemning the government not because I am part of the government, but because the governor has changed the narrative of governance in the state,” he stated.
