Frantic moves by the APC to compel Ike Ekweremadu to join the party might have hit a brick-wall.
Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu
Director General of Voice of Nigeria, Mr. Osita Okechukwu, on Monday insisted that Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, was not needed in the All Progressives Congress, Punch reports.
It would be recalled that senator Kabiru Marafa, an APC senator from Zamfara State, had advised Ekweremadu of the Peoples Democratic Party representing Enugu West Senatorial Zone in the Senate, to defect to the APC if he must keep his seat as the Deputy Senate President.
But the Enugu State Chapter of the APC has disagreed with Marafa, stating that the party doesn't want Ekweremadu in the party. This was restated by Okechukwu, an APC chieftain in Enugu State while speaking with some party leaders in Enugu on Monday.
According to him, Ekweremadu must not become an APC member before Igbos accept President Muhammadu Buhari.
Okechukwu said, “Whereas, I agree with Chief Ben Nwoye (Chairman, APC, Enugu State) that we open our doors to everybody, however, as a democrat I do subscribe to the earlier statement of the chapter of our great party that distinguished Senator Ike Ekweremadu should remain in the Peoples Democratic Party to clear the mess.
“To be honest I am happy with the surge of eminent Igbo sons and daughters into our great party, but we cannot because we want new members, open our party too wide, we must sieve the wheat from the chaff.
“Luckily with President Muhammadu Buhari’s commitment to revamp federal roads, N14bn already released for Second Niger Bridge, plan to mine Enugu coal fields to generate electricity and other critical infrastructure in our region, naturally Ndigbo will embrace Mr. President.
“Therefore we do not need my brother Ekweremadu and his excess baggage.”