A major tsunami has rocked the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) less than 22 days to the Anambra State governorship poll.
The deputy governor of Anambra State, Dr Nkem Okeke, defected from APGA to the All Progressives Congress (APC), joining the Senator Andy Uba Governorship Campaign Organisation (SAUGCO).
The campaign organization of Andy Uba this evening presented Okeke to President Muhammadu Buhari and Governor Mai Mala Buni, chairman of the APC’s Caretaker and Extra-Ordinary Convention Planning Committee, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
He was joined by Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo state and chairman of the National Campaign Council for the Senator Andy Uba Governorship Campaign.
“We heartily welcome our deputy governor, Dr Nkem Okeke, an intellectual of no mean standing who has over the years striven to steer the ship of Anambra state from the parochialism and maladministration which his Principal, Governor Willy Obiano has foisted on the state,” Hon. Victor Afam Ogene, director, Media and Publicity, Senator Andy Uba Governorship Campaign Organisation, SAUGCO said in a statement.
“For several years, Dr Okeke remained the only sane voice of reason in Government House, Awka, thus before long, he was easily sidelined by a Governor Obiano who elevated his wife to the status of co-Governor.
“For taking this patriotic step, in the face of daunting personal discomfort, this generation of Ndi Anambra, and indeed Anambra children yet unborn, would remember the name, Dr Nkem Okeke, as one who rejected the accoutrements of high office and elected to align with the people.”