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Ex-Abia PDP Chairman, Senator Emma Nwaka, joins APC

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In a significant political development, Senator Emma Nwaka, a former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abia State, has officially joined the All Progressives Congress (APC).

This move highlights the growing internal crisis within the Abia PDP.

Nwaka, who served as a Senator representing Abia North and was a PDP governorship aspirant in the 2023 general election, quietly resigned from the PDP on June 12, 2024, citing “personal reasons.” His departure was publicly confirmed on August 30, 2024.

After months of political neutrality, Nwaka’s membership in the APC was confirmed with a photograph showing him receiving an APC membership card.

The card was presented by Chief Sampson Achi Ndukwe, the APC Chairman for Oguduasa Ward 5, in the presence of the APC Chairman for Isuikwuato Local Government, Chief Udochi Okorie, and other party officials.

While efforts to reach Nwaka for confirmation were unsuccessful, reliable sources have verified his induction into the APC.

A political aide of the Senator told journalists that “the photograph was not AI generated”, adding that Nwaka would eventually “bare his mind to the public on this momentous event in the fullness of time.”

The exit door of Abia PDP became very busy after the party lost its over 20 years control of the state following the triumph of the Labour Party in the 2023 governorship poll.

Most of the party chieftains that have so far left Ahia PDP, including the immediate past Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Chinedum Orji, have found their way to APC, the party that presently calls the shots in Nigeria.

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’s Own State.

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