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The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Benjamin Kalu, has welcomed over 3,000 new members from different political parties to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abia State.
The mass defection took place in Akwete, Ndoki in Ukwa East local government area during an empowerment programme by the member representing Ukwa East and Ukwa West Federal Constituency of the state in the House of Representatives, Hon. Chris Nkwonta.
Addressing the gathering from Ukwa East and Ukwa West Local Government areas, adorned with the APC’s iconic broom symbol, Kalu revealed that an influx of new defections to the party is imminent.
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The deputy speaker said the defection was a reflection of the people’s gratitude to President Bola Tinubu who has shown commitment to Igbo people’s development, especially through the creation of the South East Development Commission (SEDC).
According to a statement Kalu said the establishment of the commission will essentially cater for the infrastructure needs of the region.
Nkwonta, who chairs the House Committee on South East Development Commission recently defected to the APC from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).
In other news, Lere Olayinka, the Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory FCT, Nyesom Wike has knocked a former Governor of Rivers State, Dr Peter Odili over a recent remark against his principal.
The Eastern Updates reports that Odili had during a Christmas ballad organized by himself in honour of Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his family, said that the incumbent Governor courageously stopped Wike from making Rivers State his private estate.
According to Odili, Fubara summoned an unusual fortitude to confront the quest by the FCT Minister to capture the state through ferocious but unnecessary political war.
Reacting, Olayinka in a post on his official X handle, described Odili’s comment as disappointing, stating that the former governor, who is expected to act as an elder statesman, has reduced himself to a ridiculous level.
Olayinka said in the coming days, Odili would get a deserved response from the FCT Minister.