Tag: Umahi’s Defection

There were three prominent red caps dotting the hall, as the All Progressives Congress (APC) held its National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting on Tuesday at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, in Abuja. Type of caps are often symbolic of the part of the country you hail from. Red is typical of the East, particularly if you are a title holder. And these three were no mean men. The first red cap adorned the head of Chief Orji Uzor Kalu, a former two-term governor of Abia State, and an early comer to the APC from his region of the country. He caught the vision of a renascent Nigeria early enough. He used to belong to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and the Progressive People’s Alliance (PPA). The second red cap sat daintily on the head of Hope Uzodimma, another wise...

Peter Obi, Vice Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 general elections has described the defection of governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State to the All Progressive (APC) as not worth the focus of Nigerians when the country is battling economic recession. His remark comes days after Umahi alleged that Anyim Pius Anyim, former Secretary to the Federal Government and National Assembly members have stabbed him in the back by failing to decamp to the APC. Umahi said the plan was for Anyi and others to join him in the ruling party after two weeks of his defection. Reacting to the claim, Anyim who alleged threat to his life, described Umahi as pitiably delusional, noting that the governor was a prisoner of his greed and a drowning man looking for who to...

Tag: Umahi’s Defection

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