Special Assistant on Project Monitoring to Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State, Mr Utibe Idem, has defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC.
This brings to five the number of Governor Emmanuel’s aides who have resigned and joined the APC in the last few months.
The governor’s aide and other defectors were received into the APC by the state Chairman of the party, Mr. Ini Okopido, in Nsit Ubium Local Government Area of the state at a mega-rally and reception in honour of Mr. Umana Umana, who is the Managing Director of Oil and Gas Free Zones Authority and the 2015 governorship candidate of the APC.
Idem said he had no regrets leaving his job as aide to the governor to join the APC.
“I am very bold to leave the former house. From today, I and my family are members of APC. APC is the place to be,” he said.
Speaking also, Umana said Akwa Ibom people have shown remarkable interest in the APC as seen during the membership registration and revalidation exercise.
He said that with such high level of interest in the APC, no one was in doubt about the party’s victory in the 2019 general election.
