President Muhammadu Buhari’s
Special Assistant on National Assembly Matters, Senate, Senator Ita Enang, has
revealed why former Senate Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio was “approached”
and convinced to decamp from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All
Progressives Congress, APC.
Enang disclosed that Akpabio was
approached about defection due to his “nationalist posture”.
Speaking with newsmen in Calabar,
Cross River State, yesterday, the presidential aide also stated that the former
Akwa Ibom State governor will be a great asset to the APC.
He also urged Nigerians to
support Buhari’s effort in ending the scourge of insurgency, corruption and
social ill that have slowed down the country’s economy.
According to Enang, “Akpabio was
what we could call the certificate of registration of the PDP. We discovered
that he had a nationalist posture, considering his pedigree, we had no option
other than to approach him.
“The APC worked so hard to bring
him to its fold. What we observed was that Akpabio already had a lot of
democratic/nationalist credentials in him and was one Nigerian willing to work
for the survival of the country and not for his parochial interest.
“We had to bring him to our party
and so light met light. I charge other political parties to cry less.”
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