Stella Oduah, senator representing Anambra north, has
defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP).
Oduah was received into the fold of the ruling party at a
brief ceremony held in Abuja on Thursday.
Mai Mala Buni, national chairman of the APC caretaker
committee; Ovie Omo-Agege, deputy senate president; Atiku Bagudu, chairman of
the Progressives Governors Forum (PGF), and Hope Uzodimma, Imo governor, were
present at the event.
Speaking at the event, Buni promised that she would be granted all the privileges accorded to APC members.
“You will enjoy the privileges enjoyed by all members of the
party because you will have a waiver,” the Yobe governor said.
On her part, Oduah said she joined the ruling party because
she wants to change the “political narrative” in the south-east region of the
country.
The senator said her supporters in Anambra are “jubilating”
that she joined the APC.
Andy Uba, a former senator and APC candidate in the November
2021 Anambra governorship election, was also present at the event.
Oduah’s defection comes amid a crisis in the opposition
party.
There have been calls by members of the party that Uche
Secondus resigns from his position as the PDP national chairman.
Yomi Akinwonmi, deputy national chairman (south), was named
the acting national chairman of the party on Thursday, following a court order
restraining Secondus from parading himself as the PDP national chairman.
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