Former Minister, Other Stakeholders Dump PDP For APC
A former Minister of Aviation, Fidelia Njeze, Senator Chukwuka Utazi, and other party stakeholders have dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to join the All Progressives Congress (APC).
It was gathered that other members of the PDP who defected to APC are Davidson Nnamani, Princess Juliet Oloto, Chika Idoko, Jonathan Eze, Umunna Ugwu and Ezi-Obodo Amechi Idodo of the Young Progressives Party (YPP).
The PDP chieftains were formerly received at the party’s secretariat in Enugu on Saturday, by the Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology and leader of APC in Enugu State, Uche Nnaji; APC National Deputy Chairman (South), Emma Eneukwu, APC National Vice Chairman (South-East), Dr Ijeoma Arodiogbu; and the Chairman of the party in the State, Barr Ugochukwu Agballah.
While explaining the reason for his defection, Senator Utazi, who represented Enugu North Senatorial District in the National Assembly between 2015 and 2023, said that he was joining APC because the only way to realize the Presidency of Igbo extraction was to join the ruling party.
According to Utazi, as a national politician, it would serve him better to join politics at the centre and anyone who isn’t there is failing.
He said, “Today is a special day in my political career. As a national politician, I want to join politics at the centre.
“What we are doing in Enugu cannot take Enugu anywhere. I resigned from PDP. Nothing is coming to Enugu. If you are not at the centre, you are failing.
“The only way to get Igbo presidency is to serve as a servant at the APC. I want to serve in the party. APC is the only way to join the mainstream national. We will ensure that members join the party. With the party discipline, we will go far.”
Also speaking, Njeze, a Minister of Defence, said she was bringing peace to the party.
She stated, “My coming in is for peace and progress. Unity is strength. I will be loyal to the party because I know what loyalty is.”
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