No fewer than 2, 950 executive members of the opposition parties in Abia State, have reportedly defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress in the state.
The Chapter of the APC welcomed the opposition executive members and their supporters, drawn from different political parties in the Ohafia Local Government Area of the state.
The defectors who are drawn from all local electoral wards in Ohafia, were led into the APC by Hon Ikenna Ukwa.
Speaking during their declaration ceremony to join the APC, held in Isiama Ohafia at the weekend, Ukwa said leaving their various political parties to join APC was a wise decision, claiming that they joined the progressive party to contribute their quotas in the renewed hope agenda of President Bola Tinubu’s government in the country.
He however assured the state APC executive members that they would work in bringing democratic governance to the doorsteps of the people at the grassroots, especially in areas where it is earnestly required.
He also expressed their commitment to working with old members, towards moving the APC forward in Ohafia local government area and across the state.
The defectors were from the Peoples Democratic Party, Young Progressive Party, and All Progressives Grand Alliance,
Others are members of the African Democratic Congress, Action Peoples Party, and Alliance for Democracy.
Welcoming the new members on behalf of the Abia APC executive committee, the State publicity secretary of the party, Chief Offor Okorie who had earlier spoken, thanked the leader of the defectors for bringing a great number of his followers across party lines into the progressive party.
Okorie told the decampees that their integration into the APC was effective the very moment they tore membership cards of their former political parties, giving assurance that the state leadership of the party would involve them in the activities of the party in the Ohafia LGA and the state as a whole.
