Ex-PDP senator, LP governorship aspirant, others defect to APC in Enugu

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Mr Utazi, who represented Enugu North District in the 9th Senate under the PDP platform, was received into the APC on Saturday during a meeting of the APC leaders at the party secretariat in Enugu.The Minister of Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji and the Deputy National Chairperson South of the APC, Emma Eneukwu, were among the APC leaders at the meeting.

He said the situation forced him to leave and find another party that would afford him “ample opportunity to operate maximally and contribute to national development”.Besides Mr Utazi, a 2023 governorship aspirant of the Labour Party in Enugu State, Dave Nnamani and a former Nigeria’s minister of Aviation, Fidelia Njeze, also defected to the APC.

In their communiqué after the meeting, the leadership of the APC in Enugu State said the party was ready to welcome new members and reintegrate those previously suspended or expelled based on sincere repentance.

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