Late Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu’s son, Emeka Ojukwu Jnr. who recently joined the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), has revealed motives behind his shocking move:

Chukwuemeka Ojukwu Junior

“I decided to lead by example. I have been talking about this for a while and I decided it was time to take the step forward. It is a challenge, there are some people that will not be happy about that, but you have to be bold, take a step, and let people understand where you are coming from.”

“People have to understand why you are doing what you are doing, APC have been seen in our part of the country as the ‘other’. And I believe we are now showing that the APC is a party that can contend equally with any other party in the South-East and do just as well.”

“My defection to the APC, is a pointer that ‘Igbos’ are part of the party. We shouldn’t take our history and our past to be shackles that hold us in one place. History should be a stepping stone and building block for moving towards the future.”

“When my father came back from exile, he had the option to join an ethnic-based party but opted to move to the centre for a reason. You need to be at the table where decisions are being made, if you are not there, you will always get the short end of the stick; you will be marginalised.”

“That is the message I want to help to propagate, this is a much bigger party than the one I came from. So I put myself at your service to help us achieve our dreams. For me, anyway that I can help to push this message forward, I am ready.”