The lawmaker representing Aba North/Aba South Federal Constituency within the Home of Representatives, Alex Ikwechegh, has formally joined the Labour Get together.
Ikwechegh joined the Labour Get together days after his resignation from the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) on Saturday, February 28.
Popularly often called Onyeocha N’Aba, the lawmaker confirmed that he pitched his tent with the Abia State Governor, Alex Otti within the Labour Get together.
POLITICS NIGERIA gathered that Ikwechegh met with the Abia governor in a closed-door assembly on Tuesday, March 3.
Talking after assembly with Otti in Nvosi, Isiala Ngwa South Native Authorities Space of Abia State, Ikwechegh mentioned he determined to hitch the Labour Get together as a result of he believes it’s the proper platform for his political ideologies.
He mentioned that his determination was additionally influenced by the seen transformation and infrastructural growth carried out by Otti within the state.
His phrases, “Effectively, I visited the governor this night to obtain his blessings.
“As it’s possible you’ll or could not know, I’ve acquired my Labour Get together card as a brand new member of the social gathering,” Ikwechegh mentioned.
Additional dismissing claims of his attainable alignment with the All Progressives Congress (APC), particularly after his assembly with President Bola Tinubu, the lawmaker counseled the Labour Get together management below Nenadi Usman and Darlington Nwokocha.
Ikwechegh added that politics ought to by no means be about intimidation or self-aggrandisement however for the only function of serving the folks and uplifting the nation.