Senator Jim Nwobodo, two others dump PDP for APC

The ousted Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) suffered another setback in Enugu State as three of its top leaders in the State, defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

The defectors are Senator Jim Nwobodo, who was the first executive Governor of old Anambra State, Senator Fidelis Okoro, who was a senator between 1999 and 2007 and Richard Ozobu.

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 embattled former National Security Adviser (NSA) Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd) among those who benefited from the multi-billion naira Armsgate fraud, 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 mobilize support 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 Jim Nwobodo, Senator Fidelis Okolo, stormed the meeting.

The Minister who apparently is attending the meeting for the first time could not hide his surprise on the turn of events, as depicted in his speech.

Some APC stakeholders at the meeting were apparently surprised by the entrance of Nwobodo and Senator Okoro into the meeting.

The visibly angry stakeholders said: “These are Dasukigate fugitives and food is ready politicians. Are they not those who collected money from Dasuki and allocated 14,175 votes to Buhari as against over 500,000 votes they allocated to former president, Dr Goodluck Jonathan?

“Is their no shame in the country again? They are shameless and the unfortunate thing is that they cannot win their wards. They will infect and contaminate the APC” the visibly angry stakeholders said.