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The subordinate representing Umuahia North State Constituency successful the Abia State House of Assembly, Hon. Akaliro Kelechi Anderson, has officially defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Labour Party (LP), dealing different stroke to the already fractured absorption enactment successful the state.
In his resignation missive addressed to the APC president of Umuahia North LGA, Hon. Akaliro blamed his determination connected deep-seated interior crises, factionalisation, and what helium described arsenic the illness of cohesive enactment structures wrong the APC successful Abia State.
LEADERSHIP reports that the lawmaker, who chairs the House Committee connected Public Petitions and Judiciary, was the lone elected APC subordinate successful the State Assembly during the 2023 wide election. He lamented that contempt his mandate, the party’s enactment had sidelined him.
According to him, “Since my inauguration, the APC successful Abia has ne'er extended an invitation to me, ceremonial oregon informal, for immoderate gathering oregon activity, thereby undermining my relevance and mandate.”
Hon. Akaliro besides criticised the predominant suspension and counter-suspension of enactment officials crossed wards and section authorities areas successful the State, describing it arsenic “a motion of irreversible disunity.”
After what helium called owed consultations with his constituents and governmental allies, the lawmaker said helium decided to align with Governor Alex Otti’s Labour Party-led administration, which helium praised arsenic “visionary and development-oriented.”
Addressing journalists aft his resignation from APC, Hon. Akaliro, popularly known arsenic “The antheral with excess grace,” declared his loyalty to the governor’s leadership.
He said, “Today, I’ve seen the light. Before now, I’ve been watching the antheral called His Excellency Dr. Alex Choma-Otti to cognize wherever he’s coming from and wherever he’s headed. So contiguous I’ve decided to articulation His Excellency Dr. Alex Choma-Otti successful the Labour Party due to the fact that I’ve looked astatine the things helium has done truthful acold for the bully of our state.
“Abia is fig 1 successful virtually everything, catching him crossed the nooks and crannies of the state. I americium arrogant to say, truly, I’m an Abian. Judging from his antecedents and what helium has done, I had thought helium was conscionable a banker, but I ne'er knew that helium was a seasoned administrator.
“He came prepared for the job. And today, I’m really, truly happy. And my constituents are excited that I’ve decided to articulation the moving train. I cognize he’s taking america to the due destination, and Abia has ever rejoiced. Abia volition beryllium blessed with him, and Abia volition proceed to beryllium blessed with him.”
Highlighting Governor Otti’s strides successful governance, Hon. Akaliro commended his administration’s achievements crossed education, infrastructure, and societal development.
“In the acquisition sector, infrastructure development, bro, conscionable sanction it: housing, astute schools, helium has built cutting crossed the magnitude and breadth of Abia State. Even the unsighted could spot that, truly, this antheral came prepared for the work, and he’s doing it seamlessly,” helium said.
He added that being successful absorption had go “very difficult” due to the fact that Governor Otti was consistently delivering connected his promises.
“He made my occupation arsenic a erstwhile absorption idiosyncratic very, precise hard due to the fact that I had nary request to criticise him. Even erstwhile the thought comes up for me, successful the adjacent moment, he’s doing it. So he’s making it very, precise hard for me. I had nary different prime but to articulation him due to the fact that I cognize he’s the close antheral for this job. No other, I repeat, nary different idiosyncratic tin bash better.”
Declaring his caller governmental identity, Hon. Akaliro said, “I’m officially declaring, and I privation to beryllium known arsenic Honourable Barrister Anderson Kelechi Akaliro, the antheral with excess grace, representing the bully radical of Umuahia North State Constituency arsenic a subordinate of the Labour Party.”
Hon. Akaliro’s defection further weakens the APC’s foothold successful Abia State, portion boosting the increasing power of Governor Otti’s Labour Party.
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