The ranks of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Akwa Ibom State have
further depleted with the defection of over 100 of its members to the
All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ward 5 of Ibiono Ibom, one of the
largest local government areas in the state.
The PDP had similarly lost over 200 members led by Governor Udom
Emmanuel’s ward campaign coordinator in the 2015 election, Elder Awak
Akrah to the APC in Ward 4 of the same local government area recently.
The defectors in Ward 5, led by a former PDP Ibiono Ibom chapter organizing secretary, Elder Bassey Ikpe joined the APC during a ward meeting held at village council hall, Ikot Obio Ama.
Ikpe said he was leaving the PDP, a party he served as ward chairman for eight years and chapter organizing secretary for four years, because it had lost direction and had no future.
He said he was defecting with his supporters across all the units in the ward to contribute to the success of APC in future elections.
Receiving the defectors, the APC Ibiono Ibom chapter chairman, Akparawa David Umoh, and ward 5 chairman, Mr. Nse Umoren, commended them for their decision and assured them of accommodation in the affairs of the party.
A former Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Engr. Ignatius Edet said the defectors were visionary in dumping PDP which he said was dead.
He advised APC members in Ibiono Ibom without voter’s cards to take advantage of the Continuous Voters Registration exercise at the INEC office in the local government headquarters, Oko Ita as the 2019 elections will be free, fair and credible.
Others who spoke at the event were the APC State Secretary, Dr. Effiong Etok, Chairman of Elders Forum, Apostle Oto-Abasi Etim Asuquo and other party chieftains including Elder Sunday Umoren, Pastor Solomon Essien and Elder Joseph Ekanem.
Highpoint of the event was the issuance of membership card to Ikpe and his supporters and a prayer session led by Pastor Essien for the quick recovery of President Muhammadu Buhari.
The defectors in Ward 5, led by a former PDP Ibiono Ibom chapter organizing secretary, Elder Bassey Ikpe joined the APC during a ward meeting held at village council hall, Ikot Obio Ama.
Ikpe said he was leaving the PDP, a party he served as ward chairman for eight years and chapter organizing secretary for four years, because it had lost direction and had no future.
He said he was defecting with his supporters across all the units in the ward to contribute to the success of APC in future elections.
Receiving the defectors, the APC Ibiono Ibom chapter chairman, Akparawa David Umoh, and ward 5 chairman, Mr. Nse Umoren, commended them for their decision and assured them of accommodation in the affairs of the party.
A former Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Engr. Ignatius Edet said the defectors were visionary in dumping PDP which he said was dead.
He advised APC members in Ibiono Ibom without voter’s cards to take advantage of the Continuous Voters Registration exercise at the INEC office in the local government headquarters, Oko Ita as the 2019 elections will be free, fair and credible.
Others who spoke at the event were the APC State Secretary, Dr. Effiong Etok, Chairman of Elders Forum, Apostle Oto-Abasi Etim Asuquo and other party chieftains including Elder Sunday Umoren, Pastor Solomon Essien and Elder Joseph Ekanem.
Highpoint of the event was the issuance of membership card to Ikpe and his supporters and a prayer session led by Pastor Essien for the quick recovery of President Muhammadu Buhari.
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