National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume, yesterday formally received Senator Solomon Ewuga back to the party.
Ewuga, a key stakeholder of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was received amid a large crowd of supporters at the Lafia City hall along Shendam Road.
He was received with a long list of others from PDP, All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Labour Party (LP), Social Democracy Party (SDP) and Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) among others.
Key among those who defected with him are Matthew Ombugaku, 2023 gubernatorial candidate of APGA and immediate-past State House of Assembly member representing Doma North constituency under ZLP among others.
Ewuga, a former Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) recently hinted on plans to return to APC during his visit to the Government House, Lafia alongside his supporters.
“I am coming to the foundation we laid. If you are coming back to your foundation we laid wouldn’t you desire the building to be completed? I think it’s only proper to do the right thing,” he had stated.
Receiving him back to the fold, both Gandiuje and Akume described the former deputy governor as a frontline politician and foundation member of the ruling party.
They said Ewuga was merely coming home where he belongs, adding that his return would further strengthen the party and ahead of future elections.
They said his return also marked the final demise of the PDP in the state.
The national chairman said the APC is on the path repositioning the country for the better.
He said the reforms being embarked upon by President Bola Tinubu were for the benefit of the country, adding thyat the end results would begin to manifest soon.
He said the APC was deepening democracy in the country even as the party had been able to entrench internal democracy in the country, making it a platform to beat.