Barrister Emeka Abah, a chieftain of the Labour Party (LP) in Udenu Local Government Area of Enugu State on Saturday led no fewer than 1000 members of LP and PDP to join the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Giving reasons for his decision to abandon the LP, he said that having waited for too long for the party at the national level to resolve lingering litigations, it had become obvious that labour can no longer provide opposition needed to address social imbalance in the state and country.
” Due to the crisis in the party at the national level and the state, we decided to move to the APC because everything boils down to delivering of democracy dividends to the people.
” We see that the APC has a very solid foundation and with the caliber of people in the party, we have no option than join forces with them for the benefits of our people.
” The leadership of the party in the state are people who we trust can give our people what they want, ” Abah said.
He assured the leadership of APC that he was going to lead the collapsing of labour party structures in the Enugu North senatorial zone into the APC ahead of the 2027 general elections.
“All we are asking for is a better political and development environment, ” he said.
Speaking at the event, the State Chairman of APC, Barrister Ugoh Agballah expressed joy and gratitude to Abbah and all the decampees fo abandoning both the LP and PDP to pitch their tents with APC ahead of 2027 .
He said: “We are here today because solid men and women are joining our party.
“We need to form alignment and realignment; we need to negotiate power, and with these caliber of people, men of timber and caliber, our political strategy has changed, ” he said.
Agballah, who is also a Director in the South East Development Commission (SEDC), said that the party needed an alliance with the LP in Enugu State for a stronger opposition to the ruling PDP in the state.
According to him: “I appreciate the decampees from both the PDP and LP; you have made the right decisions.
“We need an alliance with the LP, who were the actual winners of the 2023 governorship election in Enugu State.
“LP like us is fighting for social justice; PDP is fighting for oppression; so, both we and labour are progressives, we need to work together to remove the oppressive PDP from office come 2027.”
He warned the APC Wards Executive to always lookout for moles in their midst, saying that they could spell doom for the party during elections.
Also speaking on behalf of the decampees, Engr. Chika Ugwuona, a prominent member of LP in Udenu said that their decisions to join APC was not by accident.
“We have decided to join a moving train; a credible and reliable platform, ” he said.
The event was witnessed by the Minister of Science and Innovations, Honourable Uche Nnaji, who is also the leader of the party in the state.
Highlights of the event was the presentation of APC flag and broom to Barrister Abah, as the leader of APC in Udenu local government.
