The Ebonyi State chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Stanley Okoro Emegha, has declared that the 2023 governorship candidates of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) candidate, will soon join the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the State.
Emegha added that the Labour Party Senatorial candidate for Ebonyi South Senatorial Zone, Hon Linus Okorie, and all other opposition National Assembly members in Ebonyi State will move to APC.
Emegha made the disclosure in an interview with journalists in Ikwo during the flag-off of Hon Chinedu Ogah Empowerment and Scholarship scheme program for his constituents in Ikwo/Ezza South Federal Constituency.
The APC state chairman dismissed fears of possible crisis within the party following the defection of top politicians into the APC, noting that the ruling party is disciplined enough to ensure everyone knows his or her limitations.
“Very soon, by the 14th of next Month, very many remnants of the opposition leaders, stakeholders, former governorship candidates and their supporter will join us in APC. You are going to see House of Rep members and the remaining House of Assembly members decamping to our party.
“We want all of them to join us in the party. Let us stay in the same house and argue things out. The intention is to develop the state. Let us develop the state. That is our plan. So, I am going to their houses talking to them on the need to join hands with the Governor to move the State forward.
“The PDP Governorship candidate in the 2023 General election, Chief IfeanyiChukwuma Odii, Anyichuks will also join our party. He is no longer doing anything in wherever he is.
“If he has love for the state, why can’t he come? I am working on all of them. Apart from Anyichuks, the likes of Prof Bernard Odoh of APGA will also join us likewise, Senator Emmanuel Onwe.
“And I believe very strongly they have listened. Yes, and they are listening to me. My target is to make sure that by next general election, there will be no fights, no squabbling, no trouble.”
He urged support for President Tinubu and the state governor, Nwifuru to steer the country and the party aright.
“You people have seen, there is no segregation in APC. He is not behaving only like an APC governor. He is behaving like the governor of a growing state.
“Whether you are in APC, you are in APGA, you are in Labour, you are in all of them, including the former Senatorial candidate of Labour Party from the south, Linus Okorie, he will join us. I am working on them all.
“APC is a disciplined party. The highest and the most respected organ in the whole world is the army. Why is it like that?. Because if you join the army, they will tell you discipline is the paramount thing.
“In APC will believe in discipline, when you join the party, I will tell you, from here to here is your limit. The governor is the leader. He has the authority of anything he wants. And that is how it should be,” he said.
Emegha stated that the state governor, Francis Nwifuru, is developing the state, adding that his developmental strides has endeared him to the heart of the people including the opposition members.
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