APC snubs defected Ekwunife for Anambra Senatorial ticket

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Oyegun and other party stalwarts, on Tuesday, refused to attend to the just defected Senator Uche Ekwunife at the party’s secretariat in Abuja.

The drama surrounding the controversial defection of Ekwunife took another dimension, as the latest member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Anambra state was shunned when she made a surprise visit to the headquarters of the ruling party.

Ekwenife, who formally announced her defection to APC, at the weekend, from the People Democratic Party (PDP), drove into the APC’s national secretariat at about 1p.m., in a black Mercedes Viano, with registration number BWR 180 RP, was seen moving from one office to the other without any of the party officials attending to the new member.

Dependable sources at the party’s secretariat told newsmen that Oyegun was not billed to see Ekwunife.

One of the sources said that Ekwunife was at the party’s secretariat to lobby its leaders, in her bid to secure Anambra senatorial ticket without going through the primaries.

When newsmen approached her to clarify some issues regarding her defection, Ekwunife looked the other way, and said that she was not in the mood to talk.

At the weekend, Ekwunife said that she joined the APC because the PDP was no longer interested in winning the Anambra Central senatorial election, which was expected to hold in March.

She said that one her reasons was to ensure that her people were well and equitably represented and had a voice in the national government.

Reacting to the development, the Minister for Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, said that Ekwunife would not be given an automatic ticket to contest for the Anambra Central Senatorial election in March.