{"id":123736,"date":"2025-11-12T07:13:51","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T06:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=123736"},"modified":"2025-11-12T07:13:51","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T06:13:51","slug":"soludos-move-to-apc-imminent-ouk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/soludos-move-to-apc-imminent-ouk\/","title":{"rendered":"Soludo\u2019s Move to APC Imminent- OUK"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Lizzy Chirkpi<\/div>\n
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Senator Orji Uzor Kalu (Abia North) has hinted that the Anambra State Governor, Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo, may soon join the All Progressives Congress (APC).<\/div>\n
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Speaking with journalists at the National Assembly Complex on Tuesday, the former Abia governor described Soludo as a \u201ctrue progressive\u201d whose political ideology aligns with that of President Bola Tinubu and the Senate leadership.<\/div>\n
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\u201cI think after all the court cases, he is a progressive like myself, President Tinubu, and the Senate President,\u201d Kalu said. \u201cSoludo is a progressive. He will come to APC. In fact, it is confirmed that he will join APC. He has no other alternative.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Kalu stressed that the APC does not compel anyone to join its fold, reacting to speculations that other opposition figures including Abia State Governor, Alex Otti may be considering crossing over to the ruling party.<\/div>\n
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\u201cNeither I nor other senators, the Senate President, or President Tinubu have ever forced anybody to join our party,\u201d he stated.<\/div>\n
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Governor Soludo, who recently secured a second term after defeating APC\u2019s Nicholas Ukachukwu by a wide margin, has yet to react to Kalu\u2019s remarks.<\/div>\n
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Kalu\u2019s statement comes amid a fresh wave of defections by top opposition governors and political leaders into the APC in recent months.<\/div>\n
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In October, Enugu State Governor Peter Mbah, elected under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) formally joined the ruling APC, pledging to align his administration with the development vision of President Tinubu. Similarly, Akwa Ibom State Governor Umo Eno recently decamped from the PDP to the APC after a series of consultative meetings with the party\u2019s national leadership.<\/div>\n
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These defections reflect the APC\u2019s renewed strategy to consolidate power across the South-East and South-South zones ahead of the next general elections.<\/div>\n
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If Soludo eventually joins the ruling party, it would further strengthen the APC\u2019s foothold in the South-East and mark another major political realignment within Nigeria\u2019s evolving multiparty landscape.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n