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Former Gov. Jim nwobdo dumps PDP,  moves to APC.

Second Republic governor of Anambra State,

Chief Jim Nwobdo; Senator Fidelis Okoro of the

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have defected

to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Enugu

State.

Nwobodo, also a one time senator was the first

executive governor of old Anambra State while

Chief Fidelis Okoro was a senator between 1999

and 2007.

They declared for APC at a state APC

stakeholders meeting convened by the Minister

of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Jeffrey Onyeama, on

Friday.

Nwobodo was recently named by the former

National Security Adviser (NSA), Colonel Sambo

Dasuki (rtd), among those who benefited from

the $2.1 billion arms fund scandal currently being

investigated by the Economic and Financial

Crimes Commission (EFCC).

The former governor denied any wrongdoing,

saying that the N500 million released to him by

the NSA was meant for PDP leaders in the

South-East to mobilise for the re-election of

Goodluck Jonathan as president in the 2015

election.

Members and stakeholders of APC at the

meeting were shocked when Chief Nwobodo and

Senator Okolo arrived at the meeting.

The minister, who was reportedly attending the

meeting for the first time, could not hide his

surprise on the turn of events as shown in his

speech.

Speaking at the event, Nwobodo urged members

of the APC in Enugu State not to be deterred by

the electoral losses they suffered in the state in

the past.

“I am not looking for a job. I am talking because

I want peace. I want our people to be part of the

Federal Government at the centre. I had a

problem being an opposition governor. I am not

coming into APC because I want anything. I

want our people to reintegrate and have our own

share of the Federal Government resources,”

Nwobodo said.

Nwobodo recalled that while he was in PDP, his

wife had always been a member of the APC, just

as he pointed out that the slogan ‘change’ did

not start now but in 1983 when he was an

opposition governor.