A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Offor Okorie has faulted the recent defection of the immediate-past speaker of Abia State House of Assembly, Chinedum Orji and loyalists to the party.
DAILY POST reports that the former Speaker of the Abia State House of Assembly, Chinedum Orji , had on Tuesday defected to the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC . He was issued the APC membership card by the State Chairman of the Party in Abia , Kingsley Ononogbu. Recall that Enyinnaya, the son of Theodore Orji , a former governor of Abia State had on Monday tendered his resignation from the Peoples Democratic Party, and hinged his decision on some issues rocking the party.
Earlier, Okorie, while reacting in a statement on Wednesday, described the entry of members of the former ruling PDP into the progressive party as an energizer which will boost the strength of the party for coming future elections but reminded the decampees that APC is a national party that is guided by the constitution and has constitutional ways of defection and registration Referring to the recent defection of the former speaker, Okorie, the State Publicity Secretary of the APC said 'All...
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