Jubilation as APC Welcomes PDP, APGA, Labour Party Members in Enugu
- The Labour Party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) have lost members to the All Progressives Congress (APC)
- At least 5,000 new Labour Party, PDP and APGA members have defected to the APC in Enugu state
- The newly defected members were welcomed by the leaders of the APC in the state on Tuesday, July 1, 2025
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Enugu state - The All Progressives Congress (APC) has received no fewer than 5,000 new members from the Labour Party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Enugu state.
The Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Chief Uche Nnaji, said the defection shows that the people are beginning to acknowledge the projects being executed by the President Bola Tinubu administration in the state.
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Nnaji said the APC has been repositioned to take over the government of Enugu state in 2027.
He appealed to the people to support APC as well as President Tinubu’s re-election to attract more federal appointments and infrastructure to the state.
As reported by Vanguard, the latest wave of defections took place during a rally held in Aku, Igbo-Etiti local government area.
“The coming election will not be like the previous one because right now we have a party; before we didn’t have a party, APC before was a mercantile party, a party they use for trading in Enugu state, they use it to trade with PDP.
“But now all the moles who were trading with the party have been shown the way out.”
The defectors were formally received into the APC fold by Minister Nnaji, the APC State Chairman, Chief Ugochukwu Agballah, and other party leaders.
Agballah thanked President Tinubu for the ongoing reconstruction of Ninth Mile – Opi – Markudi road.
Agballah said the road is being made a dual carriage way, as well as other federal projects in the state.
He said that for many years the entire Igbo-Etiti local government was completely inaccessible due to the complete collapse of road infrastructure in the LGA.
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Another Labour Party lawmaker, leaders defect to APC
Recall that Honourable Sunday Cyriacus Umeha representing Udi/Ezeagu Federal Constituency (Enugu state) officially joined the APC
The member of the House of Representatives received the APC broom as he completed his defection from the Labour Party to the APC
Umeha explained the reason for dumping the Labour Party for the ruling APC during his official defection at the Akama Oghe Field in Ezeagu Local Government.
PDP suffers loss as lawmaker defects to APC
Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the House of Representatives dumped the party for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Hon. Festus Akingbaso, who represents Idanre/Ifedore Federal Constituency of Ondo state joined the ruling APC on Wednesday, May 28, 2025.
The federal lawmaker, Akingbaso explained his reasons for dumping the PDP for the ruling APC in the Green Chamber.
Source: Legit.ng
