1,000 Politicians Defect in Anambra

More than 1,000 members of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and the Action Congress of Nigeria, (ACN) in Anambra State yesterday quit their parties to join rival All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). The former PDP and ACN members were welcomed during the official flagoff of APGA’s campaign for the central senatorial zone of the state. Austin Ndigwe, a former state chairman of the Progressive People’s Alliance (PPA) and PDP chieftain who led the defectors, said they included all the ward and women’s leaders of the PDP and ACN in Anambra State. He said that the decision to switch parties came because of what they called the success story of the Obi administration. “We are joining APGA today because of what our governor has done for the entire state. We want to belong and to be identified with his success story. Personally, I am also joining the party because of Dora Akunyili. I will do anything within my power to see she goes to the Senate,” Mr. Ndigwe said. The national chairman of the APGA, Victor Umeh, while welcoming the new members into the party, said that there was no alternative party to APGA in the state and urged the people to vote for the party to consolidate its leadership in the state.

Mr. Umeh explained that APGA adopted the country’s president, Goodluck Jonathan, as its candidate because, according to him, his candidacy was divine, and he urged Nigerians to support Mr. Jonathan as his winning the election would further unify the country and remove all shackles of tribal and religious sentiments. In his speech, the state governor, Peter Obi, charged the state’s electorate to vote in credible and articulate candidates capable of giving the state quality representation at the national and state assemblies. “The era when politicians plundered the state is gone. We now have a government committed to serving the interests of the people and not politicians,” Mr. Obi said. By Jude Atupulazi

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