Former senate president, Ken Nnamani defects to APC

Former Senate President, Ken Nnamani, has defected to Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.

Mr. Nnamani said on Sunday that he joined the APC because of intense demand from his constituents.

Mr. Nnamani, who led the Senate from 2005 to 2007 as a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, quoted a former U.S. House Speaker Tip O’Neil to support his argument for joining the APC.

“All politics is local,” Mr. Nnamani tsa hours after announcing the move on Sunday evening. “I have to do what my constituents demanded by joining the APC at ward level.”

“I do not believe I should continue to be a member of the PDP as it is defined today,” Mr. Nnamani said. “This is certainly not the party I joined years ago to help change my country.”