7 Imo PDP SWC members who resigned join APC, meet Uzodimma

The seven State Working Committee (SWC) members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who on Sunday dumped the party have formally joined the ruling All Progres-sives Congress (APC).

They are former Deputy Chairman, Imo PDP, Sir Martins Ejiogu; former Secretary, Nze Ray Emeaña; Barr Chibuisi Obido; Collins Opurozor; Mrs Maria Mbakwe; Greg GOC Nwadike and Barr Josiah Eze.

They formally met with Governor Hope Uzodimma at Government House yesterday in Owerri, the Imo State capital.

In a statement they presented to the governor, the defectors said their decision to join APC was to team up with the current administration to make the state better.

They explained in the statement that they dumped the PDP because of the absence of in-ternal democracy.

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The statement reads in part, “Your Excellency, we are here to inform you that we have come to join you in your patriotic and tenacious drive at transforming Imo State in infra-structure, economy and social status.

“We have come to be admitted into the All Progressives Congress and your prosperity administration where accountability, inclusivity and a burning desire to make Imo State better are the order of the day.”