Former Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, stalwart and ex-Senate leader, Chief Victor Ndoma-Egba, ex-governor of Rivers State, Clement Ebri among others, on Saturday defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC.
The National Chairman of the APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, who
received them alongside over 1,000 defectors mainly from the PDP at the Government Primary School in Atu, Calabar South, stated that APC was ready to take over the leadership of the state in the next general elections.
According to the APC National Chairman, the defection was a sign
that the President Muhammadu Buhari’s-led government is on the right track.
Oyegun said, “What these wonderful people are doing here is to attest to the fact that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration is doing the right thing. These people are the shakers and movers of the politics of Cross River State. They are declaring that they are agents of change.
“We do not have Ghana-must-go sack to give to people but as a party, we believe that the nation must be governed with the thought of the people in our minds. This is the time for the people of this country.”
Other notable personalities that defected included a former representative of Cross River State on the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Paul Adah, Senator Bassey Otu, former PDP state chairman, Ambassador Soni Abang, a former governorship aspirant of the PDP, Mr. Goddy Jedy-Agba, a former Labour Party governorship candidate, Mr. Fidelis Ugbo, a PDP governorship aspirant in the last election, Mr. Francis Bullem, another candidate for the Progressives Peoples Alliance, Mr. Goddie Akpama, among others.
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