Leader of the Action Congress
of Nigeria in Enugu State, Maj.-
Gen. Josef Okoloagu (retd.), on
Monday said no fewer than
1,000 Peoples Democratic Party
members had defected to the
ACN in the state.
Okoloagu stated this at a press
briefing in Enugu.
He said the defection would
further embolden the ACN to
wrest power from the PDP in the
2015 general elections in the
state.
According to him, the defection
followed the merger of the
opposition parties in the state.
The retired Army General said
while the opposition parties
planned the sacking of the PDP-
led government at the federal
level on the auspices of the All
Progressives Congress, the ACN
would root out the PDP at the
state level.
He said, “The arrogant PDP in
Enugu State has said so many
times that there is no opposition
party in this state. I did not want
to join issues with them until the
need arose.
“I want to let the public know
that the opposition parties in the
state have become even stronger
than before.
“After the 2011 general elections,
major opposition parties in the
state went into a discussion and
the outcome of the discussion is
that all the opposition parties in
this state have collapsed into the
ACN.
“We felt that the only way we can
contain the arrogance of the PDP
is to come together. This new
political alignment under the ACN
has members of the Congress of
Progressives Change, Labour
Party and the majority of All
Progressives Grand Alliance
members.”
Okoloagu added, “Interestingly
too, thousands of PDP members
in Enugu State have also
registered as our members. The
people I am talking about are
even high-profile members. I
don’t want to mention names
now, but you shall soon find
out.”
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