Over 25,000 members of Abia State’s All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) have defected to the Social Democratic Party (SDP).
The group, led by the Acting Chairman, Ambassador Azubuike Peter Chijioke, visited the headquarters of the SDP in Abuja on Thursday to make their position known to the national leadership of the party, led by Alhaji Shehu Gabam.
In their position paper, read by the Acting Chairman of the group, Ambassador Chijioke, to the National Working Committee (NWC) of the SDP, the defectors requested “a letter of recognition to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), copying the Abia State desk.”
According to Daily Sun, they also demanded “copies of the party membership register for the 184 wards of Abia State, party membership cards (25,000 copies), party flags, and every other necessary material that would help the party function maximally in Abia State.”
“We, the mainstream faction of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Abia State, have elected to align with your good selves and formally join the SDP, moving with over 25,000 of our current members and followers across Abia State.
“This has been informed by your iconic leadership and growing influence and acceptance in all the states of the Federation.”
