Martin Elechi, Ex-Ebonyi Governor embraces APC

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Martin Elechi, Ex-Ebonyi Governor embraces APC

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Former Governor of Ebonyi State, Chief Martin Elechi, who served his eight-year tenure on the PDP platform, has joined the All Progressives Congress (APC).He registered with the APC at his country home in Echialike, Ikwo Local Government Area, before national party leaders.APC party leaders were in Abakaliki, the state capital, for a thanksgiving church service for the recovery of President Buhari from his ill-health, after which they moved to Ikwo.Elechi, according to news men, said his decision was occasioned by his love for Buhari and the current state of the PDP which leaves nothing to be desired.“I knew Buhari 49 years ago when I started the movement for the creation of Ebonyi as he intervened during my arrest with nine other comrades, by officers of the defunct NSO,” he said.“I was interrogated while standing for nine hours and as the brigade major in Abakaliki at that time, Buhari ordered our immediate release.“I thank God for his health and pray that he triumphs in his onerous task of rescuing the country from misrule.“He is the person Nigerians are waiting for as the Boko Haram and corruption issues could have been indescribable if God had not brought him to power.”The former governor said he was proud of the PDP due to the democratic ideals of its founding fathers, but its present leaders have truncated the ideal.“I was elected governor on two occasions under the PDP platform as it used to be the pride of Africa, but it was suddenly ravaged by self-inflicted crises and afflictions,” he said.“In 1983 when I was the secretary of the National Party of Nigeria (NPN) in the old Anambra, the budget for the national elections in Anambra and Imo, now south-east zone, was N170,000.“In 2015, however, the budget for my impeachment was N3billion and this was followed by the distortion and malpractice recorded in the primaries and congresses to elect the PDP candidates.“Those who were heavily bribed and intimidated with oaths were elected to participate as delegates as court injunctions were illegally secured to perpetrate these acts“Armed security men surrounded people’s homes during the elections, ballot boxes were snatched and all forms of impunity perpetrated.”Thee ex-governor sees APC as that alternative for Ebonyi people and the Igbo race in general, and thanked the party for offering him and his supporters, a political platform to identify with.“Three years ago, I would have attacked anyone who said Ebonyi belonged to the APC, but currently, me identify with PDP”“God forbid,” he said.Ogbonnaya Onu, minister of science and technology, thanked Elechi for the decision and said Buhari would be pleased to receive the news.“What you did today will never be forgotten in the history of the state as we all should support President Buhari to actualise all his objectives for Nigeria,” he said.Recall Elechi was the leader of the campaign team when Onu contested Ebonyi governorship in 1999, on the platform of All Peoples Party (APP).Kashim Imam, APC national leader, called on the Igbos to identify with the APC.The declaration was preceded by a thanksgiving church service at the St. Theresa’s Catholic Church, Abakaliki, thanking God for President Buhari’s recovery from ill-health.  

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