More than 5,000 members of the Akwa Ibom state chapter
of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have defected to the All
Progressives Congress (APC) in Obot Akara local government area
on Tuesday, December 29, Leadership reports.
The event
also witnessed the official commissioning of the Obot Akara APC chapter
Secretariat office.
Abom Tony
Esu, the political leader of the area and former member of the House of
Representative who also spoke at the event, thanked the people of Obot
Akara, Ikot Ekpene and Essien for “seeing the truth and
embracing the light”.
He described the defection
of former PDP members to the APC as the pathway to liberation.
Sir
Kufre Inyangette, the Akwa Ibom Northwest senatorial district chairman of the
APC, receiving the PDP decampees, thanked them for “seeing the light of
salvation”.
He assured them of equal
rights and privileges as they “join the family of Progressives to redeem the
state”.
He
noted that though the APC is not a party that shares money to people to the
detriment of the poor masses, the party will ensure that the welfare of
the people is a topmost priority in line with the change mantra.
Chief
Sunny Ibanga, a chieftain of the APC and former chairman of PDP chapter in Akwa
Ibom State, also thanked the people of Obot Akara for believing in the APC and
assured them of his determination to protect the interest of both the party and
party members in the Federal Constituency.
The decampees promised
to support Chief Umana Umana, Barrister Mbeh and other APC candidates in the
state.
Source: Leadership
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