Why we ‘approached’ Akpabio to dump PDP for APC – Presidency
Matters, Senate, Senator Ita Enang, has revealed why former Senate
Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio was "approached" and convinced to
decamp from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives
Congress, APC.
Enang disclosed that Akpabio was approached about defection due to his
"nationalist posture".
Speaking with newsmen in Calabar, Cross River State, yesterday, the
presidential aide also stated that the former Akwa Ibom State governor
will be a great asset to the APC.
He also urged Nigerians to support Buhari's effort in ending the
scourge of insurgency, corruption and social ill that have slowed down
the country's economy.
According to Enang, "Akpabio was what we could call the certificate of
registration of the PDP. We discovered that he had a nationalist
posture, considering his pedigree, we had no option other than to
approach him.
"The APC worked so hard to bring him to its fold. What we observed was
that Akpabio already had a lot of democratic/nationalist credentials
in him and was one Nigerian willing to work for the survival of the
country and not for his parochial interest.
"We had to bring him to our party and so light met light. I charge
other political parties to cry less."
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