Former PDP deputy governorship candidate, others defect to APC, "2027 will be a walkover"

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  • Dr. Emana Ambrose-Amawhe, the PDP’s 2023 lawman governorship campaigner successful Cross River State, has officially defected to the APC
  • According to reports making the rounds connected Saturday, May 3, she hinged her reasons connected the developmental advancement astatine the authorities and nationalist level
  • APC leaders, including the authorities caput and erstwhile curate of tourism, welcomed her and different defectors, affirming they are afloat members of the ruling enactment who volition get adjacent rights and treatments

Legit.ng journalist Esther Odili has implicit 2 years of acquisition covering governmental parties and movements

Cross River state, Calabar - The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawman politician campaigner successful the 2023 election, successful Cross River state, Dr Emana Ambrose-Amawhe, and her supporters person formally joined the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

PDP loses beardown person to APC successful Cross River

PDP loses beardown  politicians successful  Cross RiversFormer PDP lawman governorship candidate, Dr. Emana Ambrose-Amawhe and others defect to APC. Photo credit: Dr. Emana Ambrose-Amawhe
Source: UGC

Emana, during the defection ceremonial astatine her ward, Edem Odo successful Akpabuyo LGA connected Friday, May 2, asserted that she was prompted to articulation the APC pursuing the improvement strides carried retired by the enactment astatine the authorities and nationalist level.

As reported by The Punch connected Saturday, May 3, she said:

“I took the determination to transverse implicit to the All Progressives Congress. First off, seeing the bully works my governor, His Excellency Bassey Otu, has been doing. It’s lone the unsighted who cannot spot erstwhile bully things are happening. I’m excited to beryllium a portion and parcel of the All Progressives’ family. I was a lawman governorship campaigner of the People’s Democratic Party, and a girl of Cross River South.”

‘No hunger, nary appointments’ – Emana cites crushed for defection

She noted that her defection is not preempted by hunger oregon seeking an appointment, but to enactment unneurotic with people successful powerfulness successful bid to present the dividends of ideology to her grassroots, urging those inactive successful absorption to articulation hands successful gathering the authorities alternatively of being keyboard critics.

"I’m a nation-builder, that’s wherefore I americium present portion of the APC. The happening is that cipher is being forced to articulation the APC. If determination is going to beryllium opposition, we request viable absorption parties," Emana added.

Welcoming the defectors, the APC authorities secretary, Patrick Asikpo, warned them not to articulation the enactment with the mindset of coming to combat oregon origin coercion successful the party, assuring them that each privileges accorded to each APC subordinate are theirs henceforth.

On his part, the erstwhile curate of tourism, High Chief Edem Duke, who is the ward person of Edem Odo Ward successful Akpabuyo LGA, expressed optimism that 2027 volition beryllium a walkover for the APC.

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Osun gov speaks connected rumoured defection to APC

In different development, Legit.ng reported that Osun authorities politician Ademola Adeleke has reaffirmed his loyalty to the PDP, shutting down rumours of an impending defection.

At a stakeholders' forum successful Osogbo, apical PDP leaders endorsed Adeleke for a 2nd word and praised his administration’s performance.

The enactment issued a communique declaring assurance successful the politician and reaffirming PDP unity up of aboriginal elections.

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