I Am Not Joining APC – Gov Ikpeazu

Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia, has insisted that he is not joining the rulling All Progressives Congress (APC).

Senate president, Ahmed Lawan was on Thursday accompanied by the Senate Chief Whip, Senator Orji and other notable principal officers of the Senate to Abia to perform official commissioning of Enyimba Automated Shoe Company at Obikabia, Obingwa Local government area of the state.

Governor Ikpeazu, who was responding to the invitation by the President of the Nigerian Senate, Ahmed Lawan to join the APC, said he is comfortable being a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

According to the governor: “I don’t have any plans of joining the APC. I have tremendous respect for the Senate President whom I consider to be a solid democrat and a decent gentleman.

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“His visit to Abia State today is very special to us. His appeal to me to join the progressives is expected from a politician of his stature”.

“The truth is that I am a Bishop in the PDP with a large Cathedral and followership. As a matter of fact, I want to see how I can convince the Senate President to join me in the PDP, instead of me joining him in the APC”,