Former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu is making a last minute effort to join the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) after being schemed out of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primaries in Enugu State.
In a recent effort, Ekweremadu who represents Enugu West Senatorial zone met with Imo Governor, Hope Uzodimma and APC National Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu.
The trio held a closed-door meeting which lasted several hours at the party’s secretariat in Abuja.
Although Uzodimma disclosed after the marathon meeting ended that he came to see his ‘friend’ for a tete-a-tete, many believe the meeting was to make a case for the embattled former Deputy Senate President.
This recent move corroborates the statement by the State Chairman of the APC, Ugochukwu Agballah, that Ekweremadu made efforts to hijack the party from Abuja.
He added that delegates sent by Ekweremadu and led by senators made efforts to reach the national leadership for the ticket of the party
Agballa who spoke during a press conference in Enugu on Sunday said they rejected Ekweremadu’s request to join their party because his ambition is “evil” and stands against every known norm.
The APC chairman further warned that the party would not give Ekweremadu the governorship ticket because he is not from Enugu East District, where the party had zoned its governorship ticket.
However, observers are of the view that Ekweremadu's re-entrance into the governorship race would reshape the dynamics of politics in the state which has before now been in the firm grip of the PDP.
It is believed that for the first time, there would be a real contest between two parties in the state should a politician of Ekweremadu's pedigree run under the APC ticket.
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