Nigeria: Okwu Blames Defection of APGA Lawmakers to PDP On Umeh

20 August 2014

ONITSHA--Former chairman of All Progressive Grand Alliance, Chief Maxi Okwu, yesterday blamed the national chairman of the party, Chief Victor Umeh, for the recent defection of four members of the House of Representatives and two lawmakers in the state House of Assembly elected on the platform of the party to Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

Speaking exclusively to Vanguard, Okwu, who described the development as very sad for the party, said it was an indictment on Umeh's leadership after what he described as the obtuse Court of Appeal judgement on June 19, 2014.

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