The former Chief of Army Staff, Lt.- Gen. Oyeabo Ihejirika has been received as a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
In a statement by Mamman Mohammed, the director of press and media to the chairman of the APC Extraordinary Convention Committee, Mai Mala Buni, Ihejirika was formally received into the fold of the APC on Friday, March 26.
Mamman quoted the chairman of the APC as saying that: “Gen. Ihejirika was formally presented to the chairman by Jigawa governor and Chairman APC Strategy and Contact Committee, Alhaji Abubakar Badaru, and Farouk Aliyu,” he said.
“The coming of Gen. Ihejirika into the APC will increase the fortunes of the party in Abia and the South-East generally.
“This is a great moment for the party as Gen. Ihejirika and other sons and daughters of the region are coming into the party to deliver the region and bring the South-East closer to the centre,”
He added that the party looked forward to more of APC presence in the South-East.