A two-term senator who represented Ebonyi Central Senatorial district from 2015 to 2023, Obinna Ogba, has defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state. Ogba, a PDP's former governorship aspirant in the 2023 election described APC as a very strategic and irresistible party.
A two-term senator who represented Ebonyi Central Senatorial district from 2015 to 2023, Obinna Ogba, has defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state. Ogba, a PDP's former governorship aspirant in the 2023 election described APC as a very strategic and irresistible party. The senator defected with his over 5,000 loyalists across the thirteen local government areas of the state at the weekend.
Emegha also attributed the massive defection which has crippled the leading opposition PDP in the state as a result of the Governor's sterling performance, stressing that the people had come to the full knowledge that distraction would be tantamount to a waste of time and energy. 'The commodities of politicians in the business of politics are the people. So, in politics, the people are the target and important and when you have them enough, you have achieved victory.
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