Ita
Giwa, wife of the late Nigerian journalist - Dele Giwa has concluded
plans to decamp to the ruling All Progressives Congress following a
public announcement.
Ita Giwa
A former presidential adviser, Senator Florence Ita-Giwa has said
she will on Friday defect to the Cross River State chapter of the All
Progressives Congress.
Ita-Giwa, who disclosed this on Thursday in Calabar, said she was
moving from the Peoples Democratic Party to join her contemporaries in
the APC.
She said, “I have been idle in the PDP for over one year now. It is time for me to move on politically with my huge Bakassi supporters.
“Besides, nearly all my contemporaries are in the APC. So, it
is time for me to join them and work for the progress of the party at
the state and national levels.”
Ita-Giwa was elected senator representing Cross River South
Senatorial District under the platform of the All Peoples Party from May
1999 to May 2003.
After leaving the senate in 2003, she joined the PDP, and became
former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s Special Adviser on National
Assembly Matters.
The Acting state Chairman of APC, Mr. John Ochala, said her defection was a welcome development.
“It is a welcome development,” Ochala said. “Her crossing over to the APC is good. She should take her time to study and understand the party’s constitution.”
Also, a chieftain of APC, Mr. Paul Adah, said her defection would
be a big boost for the APC in the southern senatorial district
considering her massive supporters.
Adah also said that the contentious issue of resettling the
displaced Bakassi persons would be speedily addressed following her
defection to the APC.
“She is a big fish for the party. Her defection is the right
decision at the right time. I see it as a great sign of appreciation to
President Muhammadu Buhari for the so many things that he has done to
the people of Cross River State. With her defection, the resettlement
problem of Bakassi will be conclusively handled,” he said.
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