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Anambra guber poll: Deputy Governor dumps APGA for APC

Deputy Governor of Anambra State, Dr. Nkem Okeke, has officially defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

He was received by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Aso Villa on Wednesday.

Okeke was presented to the President by Governor Mai Mala Buni, chairman of the APC’s Caretaker and Extra Ordinary Convention Planning Committee.

He was joined by Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State and chairman of the National Campaign Council for the Senator Andy Uba Governorship Campaign.

The Senator Andy Uba Governorship Campaign Organisation (SAUGCO) has welcomed Okeke into its fold.

“We heartily welcome our deputy governor, Dr. Nkem Okeke, an intellectual of no mean standing who has over the years striven to steer the ship of Anambra state from the parochialism and maladministration which his Principal, Governor Willie Obiano has foisted on the state,” Hon. Victor Afam Ogene, director, Media and Publicity of SAUGCO said in a statement.

“For several years, Dr. Okeke remained a sane voice of reason in Government House, Awka, thus before long he was easily sidelined by Governor Obiano.

“For taking this patriotic step, in the face of daunting personal discomfort, this generation of ndi Anambra, and indeed Anambra children yet unborn, would remember the name, Dr. Nkem Okeke, as one who rejected the accoutrements of high office and elected to align with the people.”

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