Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, has stated that he is
not joining the governing All Progressives Congress (APC), in Nigeria, saying
that he is comfortable being a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Governor Ikpeazu, who was responding to the invitation by
the President of the Nigerian Senate, Ahmed Lawan to join the APC, reiterated
that he will remain in the Peoples Democratic Party to continue unrelentingly
in providing dividends of democracy to every doorsteps of the Abia people.
According to him, “I don’t have any plans of joining the
APC. I have tremendous respect for the Senate President whom I consider to be a
solid democrat and a decent gentleman.
“His visit to Abia State today is very special to us. His
appeal to me to join the progressives is expected from a politician of his
stature”.
“The truth is that I am a Bishop in the PDP with a large
Cathedral and followership. As a matter of fact, I want to see how I can
convince the Senate President to join me in the PDP, instead of me joining him
in the APC”, he submitted.
DAILY POST gathered that Senator Ahmed Lawan was in Abia on
Thursday, where he performed official commissioning of Enyimba Automated Shoe
Company at Obikabia, Obingwa Local government area of A is state.
The Senate President was accompanied during the visit to the
Abia State by the Senate Chief Whip, Senator Orji and other notable principal
officers of the Senate.
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