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PDP Akwa Ibom hit by another major defection
News & Trends •
reported by the nation2 the peoples democratic party pdp in akwa ibom state has been hit with another defection as the partys leader in ika local government area dr francis udoikpong joined the all progressives congress1 dr udoikpong a pdp state caucus member and former commissioner for health defected with about 5000 others including sir godwin idungafa a former ika local government vice chairman mr harry eduo a former ika local government secretary and councillor and uyo udom a lawyer and politician1 the defection of the pdp leader happened barely a month after deputy inspector-general of police udom ekpoudom rtd and obong otu robert akpan his counterparts in etim ekpo and ini local governments joined the apc with senator godswill akpabio former senate minority leader1 dr udoikpong also a former chairman of ika local government and past chairman of the state agency for the control of aids saca said they were leaving the pdp because the udom emmanuel administration had neglected ika a boundary local government with abia state1 he condemned inclusion of their names in emmanuel campaign organisation without their consent and demanded their names be removed1 mr ini okopido state chairman of apc who received the defectors noted that with their coming ika is now apc1 mr okopido himself an indigene of ika assured them of accommodation and equal rights as old members in the apc1 gabriel toby member for ikaetim ekpo state constituency who joined the apc recently told the crowd that with major ika political gladiators in one camp apc would sweep the 2019 elections in the area1 among apc chieftains that witnessed the defection were sir ernest ukpong and akanimo edet former house of assembly members and chief edem obot the adaha ika1