Membership of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abia State chapter has swelled additional with the becoming a member of of former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain and industrialist, Chief Kelvin Jumbo Onumah to the APC.
A former state chairman of the PDP, Senator Emma Nwaka, the previous speaker of the Home of Meeting, Chinedum Orji and plenty of aides of the previous governor, Okezie Ikpeazu have earlier joined the APC.
The oil and gasoline tycoon and a PDP 2023 aspirant for Aro/Ohafia Home of Representatives ticket was acquired into the APC fold, yesterday, by the chairman, Dr Kingsley Ononogbu in Umuahia, the state capital.
Talking after presenting a bunch of broom, the image of the get together to Onumah, Ononogbu appreciated the “inflow of notable members of others events into the APC since after 2023 normal election”.
He attributed “the welcome and well timed improvement”, to the unity of objective and achievement of members of the APC in numerous positions which the leaders are very happy with.
Ononogbu, who urged Onumah to convey his wealth of expertise as an achieved worldwide enterprise man into the APC, charged him to be loyal to the APC as “there are nice rewards for that”.
Introducing Onumah earlier to the leaders of the chapter, the APC 2023 marketing campaign director normal within the state, Excessive Chief Uche Ogboso welcomed him into their fold with open arms.
He defined that Onumah, who’s from Abiriba in Ohafia native authorities space had gone via the method of registration “from ward to native authorities degree earlier than coming to the state .”
In a comment, Onumah appreciated the management of the chapter for his or her heat reception, assuring that he would signify the get together adequately and contribute his quota to its progress any the place he discovered himself.
“I be part of the APC at this time limit as a result of I’ve started to understand that my political imaginative and prescient is in full alignment with that of the get together and I promise to not disappoint on my pledge.”
He mentioned “In relation to character and integrity, I gained’t be discovered wanting. There might be events when the get together’s determination is probably not in my favour, however I’ll stay loyalty to the get together in its curiosity.”
Equally, one of many founding fathers of PDP within the state from Abiriba, Historical Prince George Anyaso, who had lengthy defected to the APC confirmed that “Onumah has performed the needful and he’s right here to conclude his defection”.
