Following the swearing-in of Hope Uzodinma as Imo state governor under the APC, nine members of the state House of Assembly have defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Their defection was announced during plenary on Tuesday, January 21st. Reading their defection letter, speaker Colins Chiji disclosed that the defecting members are from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), and Action Alliance (AA).
The defectors from the PDP include Chyna Iwuanyanwu (Nwangele), Chidiebere Ogbunikpa (Okigwe), Heclus Okorocha (Ohaji/Egbema), and Paul Emeziem (Onuimo), while those from AA are Authur Egwim (Ideato north), Obinna Okwara (Nkwerre), Johnson Duru (Ideato South), and Ngozi Obiefule (Isu).
Ekene Nnodimele (Orsu) is the sole member moving from APGA to APC.