Former Governor of Ebonyi State, Chief Martin Elechi has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party and has joined the All Progressives Congress, APC.<\/p>\n
He registered with the APC on Sunday at his home in Echialike, Ikwo Local Government Area of the state after the party\u2019s national, zonal and state leaders attended a thanksgiving service at St Theresa\u2019s Catholic Church Abakaliki.<\/p>\n
They were there to thank God for the recovery of President Muhammadu Buhari from ill-health.<\/p>\n
He noted that his decision to join the party was the intractable crisis in his former party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.<\/p>\n
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He noted that he decided to join the APC to be part of the progressives in building the state and the nation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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