The Guardian (Nigeria)

Anambra 2021: Nnewi South, Ward Exco Dump PDP For Labour Party

Abia PDP Loses Four Chieftains To APC

- From Gordi Udeajah, Umuahia and Eniola Daniel

AHEAD of the Anambra State governorsh­ip election slated for November 6, this year, the Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) has suffered a heavy blow in Nnewi South Local Government Area as all the council and ward executives have dumped the party and pitched tent with Labour Party ( LP).

At the ceremony held at Ezinifite, the entire PDP executives in the entire 20 wards in the local council bid goodbye to the party.

Labour Party’s gubernator­ial candidate, Obiora Agbasimalo, received them. The decampees led by their chairman, Alphonsus Ofoke, an aide of Linus Ukachukwu another PDP

stalwart, said they decided to identify with LP because of Agbasimalo’s qualities on how to move Anambra forward.

Receiving them, Agbasimalo congratula­ted them for taking a wise decision, assuring them that LP was home to all, adding that there was no discrimina­tion in the party.

He state that they would work together towards winning the state for the party and properly position Anambra as the best state to live and do business in.

ALSO, Abia State PDP yesterday lost four chieftains including a Senior Advocate of Nigeria ( SAN) to the All Progressiv­es Congress ( APC).

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