Members of the Uzor Kalu family have formally expressed appreciation to President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, for personally receiving them when they joined the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Owerri, Imo State capital on Tuesday.Elder (Mrs.) Eunice Uzor Kalu, mother of the former Abia State governor, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, on Tuesday, led members of the Reality Organisation, including two of her sons, Hon Nnanna Uzor Kalu, former member of the House of Representatives and Mr. Mascot Uzor Kalu, former Chief of Staff to Governor Theodore Orji, to join the APC.Speaking on their defection to APC, Mrs. Kalu said she, members of her group and sons were happy to be in APC, while thanking those who facilitated the defection.
Her words: “We are happy to be in APC. APC is a national party and a place to belong now. Members of the Reality Organisation and the Kalu family are happy to belong to APC. We are happy to be part of the effort to integrate the Igbo into national politics, to be part of the emerging new political order.”
Expressing appreciation to those, who contributed in one way and another in their joining APC, she said: “Specifically, we must thank General Buhari, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Chief John Oyegun, Governor Rochas Okorocha, Senator Chris Ngige and others APC leaders for facilitating our joining the party.”
source:sun
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