The eldest son of late Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu who founded the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Emeka Ojukwu jnr, has dumped the party for the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Ojukwu jnr. who made the declaration today, Wednesday in Awka, at the grand finale campaign of the APC candidate for the Anambra 2017 governorship election, Tony Nwoye, said that his decision to join the party was to protect the interest of the Igbos.
Ojukwu, who was adorned in a toga of his new party, said it was time for the people of the South-east region to move from “the recession of the periphery to the centre.”
“It is time to leave the shadows for light. Every now and then, they come out with my father’s shadow to confuse the people,” he said.
According to him, APGA is a means to an end but not an end itself.
He said the reason why his father joined the National Party of Nigeria (NPN) in the Second Republic was to ensure that Igbo people remained in the mainstream of Nigerian politics.
“Mr. President, I am proud to stand here today in support of you and in solidarity with the APC and our candidate, Tony Nwoye.”
The APC national chairman, John Odigie-Oyegun presented the party symbol to him and described the rally as “another historic campaign.”
Oyegun recalled that President Buhari made history when he unseated the incumbent president, Goodluck Jonathan in 2015, adding that the same feat would be achieved in Anambra 2017 governorship election.
The national chairman called on the people of the state to vote en mass for the party and Nwoye at the Saturday poll.
President Muhammadu Buhari, 12 APC governors, National Assembly members in the party, among other party big wigs, witnessed the event.
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