The leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ebonyi State chapter has disclosed that the party is expecting more House of Representatives members from the state to defect to the party ahead the 2027 general elections.
The APC had recently received the member representing Ezza North/Ishieleu federal Constituency, Rep. Joseph Nwobashi from the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) into the party.
With this development, the member representing Afikpo/Edda Federal Constituency, Rep. Iduma Igariwey and his Ohaozara, Onicha and Ivo Federal Constituency counterpart, Rep. Nkemkanma Kama, remain in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party (LP), respectively.
Also, three state House of Assembly members elected on the platform of APGA, LP and PDP have defected to the APC.
The state APC Chairman, Chief Stanley Okoro-Emegha, who disclosed this at the weekend, said he is in talks with a House of Representatives member which will lead to his defection to the APC in a few weeks time.
Emegha, who refused to mention the federal lawmaker that will soon join the party, added that his discussion with the House of Representatives member, has gone far which will manifest in his defection to the APC.
The chairman stated this in Abakaliki, the state capital while reacting to the coalition of opposition parties against the APC.
“So far as the coalition of political parties is concerned, nobody should panic. APC is on course and Mr. President is trying to fix the things that have taken decades to fix.
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“And I believe very strongly that Mr. President in partnership with the governors of states are working very hard to ensure that Nigeria competes favourably with other countries of the world.
“Few weeks from now, you will see another National Assembly member defecting to join me in the APC and that is how prepared we are.
“Its just simple. You know that they were up to four and one state House of Assembly is now remaining in opposition and he is working very close with us but something is just holding him down.
“The member representing Ezza North/Ishielu Federal Constituency was in opposition (APGA) and he joined us in APC few weeks ago and I am still talking with the remaining two National Assembly members in the PDP and LP.
“So, in few weeks from now, it might not be up to two weeks, you will see another House of Reps member joining APC here in Ebonyi.
“So, that is how prepared I am against 2027. You will be surprised what will happen in a few weeks from now,” he said..