........ meets Buhari in Aso Villa

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has received the Deputy Governor of Anambra State, Dr. Nkem Okeke, at the State House in Abuja on Wednesday.

This confirmed the defection of the deputy governor from the All Progressives Grand Alliance to the All Progressives Congress.

APC Caretaker Committee Chairman and Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, and the Governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodinma were present during the meeting.

Dr. Okeke who first served as Anambra State Commissioner for Economic Planning, was welcomed into the party by President Muhammadu Buhari, during a meeting on Wednesday, in Abuja.

Prior to his defection, Okeke worked as Anambra State Commissioner for Works and Transport in the administration of Governor Peter Obi.

Details later….