{"id":3601,"date":"2025-01-06T11:10:58","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T11:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/?p=3601"},"modified":"2025-01-06T11:37:13","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T11:37:13","slug":"ex-pdp-chairman-joins-apc-in-abia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/2025\/01\/06\/ex-pdp-chairman-joins-apc-in-abia\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-PDP Chairman Joins APC In Abia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The ranks of the All Progressive Congress, APC, have increased in Abia State as former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state, Senator Emma Nwaka, has joined the broom party.<\/p>\n<p>Nwaka\u2019s defection is coming six months after he had \u201cquietly resigned\u201d his membership in PDP on June 12, 2024, which he later made public on August 30, 2024, citing \u201cpersonal reasons.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nwaka, who was a governorship aspirant of PDP in the 2023 general election, had earlier sparked speculation about his membership in the APC when a photograph surfaced showing him receiving an APC membership card in his Oguduasa Ward 5.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-24\">\n<div align=\"center\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1574186166799-0\" data-google-query-id=\"CL_RzIT64IoDFXKcUAYdXDgo9A\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/14001636\/DP_InsidePost_MPU_6_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>He was presented with an APC membership card by the party\u2019s chairman for Oguduasa Ward 5, Sampson Achi Ndukwe.<\/p>\n<p>The APC chairman for Isuikwuato Local Government, Chief Udochi Okorie and other party officials witnessed the event.<\/p>\n<p>A political aide of the senator confirmed the development to journalists, promising that Nwaka would soon speak to the public about his decision.<\/p>\n<p>The exit door of Abia PDP became very busy after the party lost its over 20-year control of the state following the triumph of the Labour Party in the 2023 governorship poll.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the party chieftains that have so far left Abia PDP, including the immediate past Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Chinedum Orji, have found their way into APC, the party that presently calls the shots in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Nwaka, who was in charge of Abia PDP between 2010 and 2015, piloted the affairs of the party when it completely dominated the political space in God\u2019s own state.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\">\n<div id=\"taboola-below-article-feed\" class=\"trc_related_container tbl-feed-container render-late-effect tbl-feed-frame-DIVIDER\" data-feed-container-num=\"1\" data-feed-main-container-id=\"taboola-below-article-feed\" data-parent-placement-name=\"Below Article Feed\" data-pub-lang=\"en\">\n<div id=\"taboola-below-article-feed-pl2\" class=\"tbl-feed-card trc_related_container tbl-trecs-container trc_spotlight_widget trc_elastic trc_elastic_thumbs-feed-01-delta\" data-card-index=\"2\" data-placement-name=\"Below Article Feed | Card 2\">\n<div class=\"trc_rbox_container\">\n<div>\n<div id=\"trc_wrapper_7542724066\" class=\"trc_rbox thumbs-feed-01-delta trc-content-sponsored\">\n<div id=\"outer_7542724066\" class=\"trc_rbox_outer\">\n<div id=\"rbox-t2v\" class=\"trc_rbox_div trc_rbox_border_elm\">\n<div id=\"internal_trc_7542724066\">\n<div class=\"videoCube trc_spotlight_item origin-undefined textItem thumbnail_top videoCube_1_child syndicatedItem trc-first-recommendation trc-spotlight-first-recommendation trc_excludable\" data-item-id=\"~~V1~~2850113948134456041~~UcK_Oju3O5pgzQOO3ReLS4C0-bBT4qpMAwm_-y7nw0Ue79Ni-eBnd8iQ4KmvvX-QCoTT_IvWFG7RTbSa_z-XXihIeQBkh7tflg9iAIX9Q-GF-y-3GId7hccE7VP6qZ5wcjvPQH0UitDsK0xl70IYhJ8oRr8_QtDJS2DpcCX2BggCUVWVpo1gQwSG5cm5Yxhchl-GAsBiHqnJ_Iz21jDSXI6ROsMGkMFSoVsudHTeIrQ\" data-item-title=\"Lagos: Earn Money with Surveys [Join Now]\" data-item-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.taboola.com\/libtrc\/static\/thumbnails\/STABLE_DIFFUSION\/ESD\/0261bfb0-05e8-4d57-a472-73445b7772c2__6UpucRrP.jpg\" data-item-syndicated=\"true\">\n<div class=\"thumbBlock_holder\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ranks of the All Progressive Congress, APC, have increased in Abia State as former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state, Senator Emma Nwaka, has joined the broom party. 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