Labour Party (LP) members in Anambra State have defected to All Progressives Congress (APC) and pledged to deliver their votes to Senator Nicholas Ukachukwu, the party’s governorship candi­date in the November 8th 2025 election.

Throwing light on the deci­sion of LP to identify with APC, the leader of the defecting LP group, Hon Fab Ozoigbo, said the defectors cut across the state and expressed the hope that Uka­chukwu would take the state out of poverty and insecurity.

Ozoigbo, a chieftain of the Labour Party (LP) in Anambra State and former Head of Lo­gistics for the party’s National Campaign Organisation during the 2023 general elections, said he resigned from LP and joined APC, along with his followers to support President Bola Tinubu’s ongoing efforts to stabilise Nige­ria’s economy through positive policies and sound economic management.

He said he equally moved to APC because of the emergence of Prince Nicholas Ukachukwu as APC’s governorship candi­date in Anambra State, describ­ing Ukachukwu as a grassroots politician and philanthropist of note, adding that Ukachukwu’s popularity would boost the APC’s chances.

Another stalwart from Orum­ba South Local Government Area, Mazi Echemba, explained that the 2000 defecting members decided to support Ukachukwu because of his track records of achievements, philanthropic disposition and ability to provide democracy dividends.

Another stakeholder, Mrs Okoye Ujunwa from Awka, said LP members were convinced APC was the party to align with the ruling party at the centre, stressing change was imminent.

Appreciating the defectors, the deputy governorship candi­date of the APC, Senator Uche Ekwunife, urged the people of the state to embrace the revolu­tion in the South-East Zone and join the moving train.

Ekwunife observed that four states in the South-East were leaning towards the party at the centre, APC led by Tinubu, stress­ing that the state should vote for APC to attract dividends of de­mocracy from the centre.

Welcoming the defectors, Uk­achukwu appreciated them for identifying with his aspiration and promised to run an all-in­clusive administration.

Ukachukwu, who also spoke to 980 loyalists drawn from scores of support groups, lamented that no fewer than eight local govern­ment areas were held hostage for three years under the Soludo administration, bemoaning the wanton destruction of lives and property of the people in the state.

The APC gubernatorial candi­date said that “Anambra State is at the crossroads,” and promised to leverage on