The Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodimma, has received defectors of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state to All Progressives Congress, APC, and has promised them of a level playing ground while in the party.
He described their joining of APC as a homecoming.
The governor who received them at the Sam Mbakwe Exco Chamber Government House, Owerri, said that the priority of his administration was to better Imo State and Imo people through good governance.
The governor, who described the political party as a vehicle taking one to a destination, informed that the administrative mantra of his government anchored on Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Recovery emphasised that when the state is recovered the benefit will be for everyone.
He reiterated that the political class in the state must unite because according to him Imo had a great heritage, which its people must work towards projecting.
The governor, who appealed to the new entrants into APC to be patient, promised to carry everybody along.
He assured that his government was designed to make everyone happy.
He said those who were against the government in the state today were people that looted the general wealth of the state.
He, however, reassured that the people would not be killed, but the state would do all within its powers to recover part of what they had stolen and use it to better the welfare of Imolites.
Presenting the defectors from PDP earlier, the state chairman of the APC, Chief Marcellinus Nlemigbo, said the reasons for the massive movement from PDP to APC was because of the governor’s leadership style, which he said was anchored on good governance and all inclusive administration.
On the calibre of PDP members that joined APC with their followers, the former chairman of PDP in Imo State, Charles Ezekwem, said that almost all the state excecutive members of PDP had emptied into APC and reiterated that the reason was the leadership qualities of Governor Uzodimma.
Ezekwem assured of their 100 per cent solidarity and support, and thanked the governor for the type of political appointment he had so far made.
Earlier, the South East Zonal Chairman of APC, Chief Emma Eneukwu, said he accompanied the defectors to further reassure them that APC was a big umbrella that accommodated all prosperity-minded people and to inform them properly of the personality of their governor.
He reassured them that Hope as a governor would definitely bring progress and prosperity to Imo State, enjoining them to feel free and relax in the family they had come to be part of.
