A former Senate President, Ken Nnamani, has joined Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.
Nnamani said on Sunday that he joined the APC because of intense demand from his constituents.
The former Senate President, who is currently the head of the Electoral Reform Committee set up by President Muhammadu Buhari, registered as a member of the APC at his country home in Amechi-Uwani, in Enugu South Local Government Area of Enugu State.
The development followed the commencement of the party’s re-registration exercise in Enugu State and other parts of the South-East.
Nnamani’s registration was witnessed by some leaders of the party in the zone, including Vice Chairman, South-East, Chief Emma Eneukwu, Director General of Voice of Nigeria, Osita Okechukwu, chairman of Enugu State chapter of the party, Dr. Ben Nwoye, and the chairman of the registration committee, Rev. Tony Ibeabuchi.
A broom was presented to the former Senate President after he registered as a member of the APC.
Nnamani, who led the Senate from 2005 to 2007 as a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, quoted a former U.S. House Speaker Tip O’Neil to support his argument for joining the APC.
“All politics is local. I have to do what my constituents demanded by joining the APC at ward level.”
Nnamani had been a member of the PDP since it was founded in 1998 until February 2016 when he abruptly severed ties with the party.
“I do not believe I should continue to be a member of the PDP as it is defined today. This is certainly not the party I joined years ago to help change my country.”
In October 2016, President Muhammadu Buhari named him the chairman of the electoral reform committee.
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