Former
Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu has dumped the Peoples
Democratic Party, PDP, for the All Progressives Congress, APC.
Chukwu
registered as a member of APC at his Ugwuegu Ward in Afikpo North Local
Government Area of Ebonyi State last Friday in the presence of scores of his
supporters and APC members and officials.
The
former minister who achieved global acclaim following his effective handling of
the Ebola outbreak in Nigeria in 2014 might have left the PDP in protest
against the shabby treatment he allegedly received from the party as a
governorship aspirant in 2014. However, at press time, the professor of
surgery could not be reached for confirmation.
His former Special Assistant on Media and Communication, Dan
Nwomeh however said he was aware of the development. Chukwu’s defection to the
APC, an opposition party in Ebonyi State, was expected to generate a major
transformation of the political landscape in Ebonyi State as several of his supporters
and loyalists, key politicians in their own right, were expected to join him in
the APC. It was gathered that Chukwu’s defection was with the full knowledge
and encouragement of top APC leaders at the national and state levels.
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