{"id":235112,"date":"2025-08-28T13:55:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T13:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.name.ng\/news\/governor-ottis-visit-to-ukwa-on-friday-former-apga-hor-candidate-engr-adinigwe-nwoke-set-to-join-labour-party\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T13:55:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T13:55:00","slug":"governor-ottis-visit-to-ukwa-on-friday-former-apga-hor-candidate-engr-adinigwe-nwoke-set-to-join-labour-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/governor-ottis-visit-to-ukwa-on-friday-former-apga-hor-candidate-engr-adinigwe-nwoke-set-to-join-labour-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor Otti\u2019s Visit To Ukwa On Friday: Former APGA HoR Candidate, Engr Adinigwe Nwoke Set To Join Labour Party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<h4 data-start=\"1008\" data-end=\"1315\"><em>The Labour Party in Ukwa is set for a major boost as Engr. Adinigwe Ugochukwu Nwoke, former APGA House of Reps candidate, concludes plans to defect. Governor <a href=\"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/Alex\">Alex <\/a>Otti will officially receive him and other Asa political leaders on Friday. The move is expected to reshape Ukwa politics. \ud83d\udc49 Read full story.<\/em><\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"You Lack Integrity, We Don&#039;t Need You - Gov Otti Fires Back at Chikamnayo\" width=\"740\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/glAvf8n89FA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"kvezio kvezio-clearfix kvezio-post-inline kvezio-float-center kvezio-align-center kvezio-column-1\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Who Cheats More: Married Men or Women? | IFENKILI (PREMIUM IGBO CONTENT)\" width=\"740\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_kcF0IcrtLU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kvezio kvezio-clearfix kvezio-post-middle kvezio-float-center kvezio-align-center kvezio-column-1\">\n<div id=\"kvezio-178990-1443904642\" class=\"kvezio-container kvezio-type-image \" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WPAdBlock\" data-adid=\"178990\" data-type=\"image\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The Ukwa West Labour Party, (LP), is set for a major boost as former All Progressives Grand Alliance, (APGA), House of Representatives candidate for Ukwa Federal Constituency in the 2023 general elections, Engr. Adinigwe Ugochukwu Nwoke, has concluded arrangements to officially defect to the party on Friday, August 29, 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/abia\">Abia <\/a>State Governor, Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/Alex\">Alex <\/a>Otti is expected to formally receive Nwoke and some other Asa political heavyweights into the Labour Party on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">In a statement released on Tuesday, Engr Nwoke said he had a strong conviction that the LP would give him a good platform to pursue his vision of contributing meaningfully to the growth and development of <a href=\"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/abia\">Abia <\/a>State, and Ukwa Federal Constituency in particular.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Engr. Nwoke, who gained political prominence during the 2023 elections, had in June 2025 resigned his APGA membership on the grounds that he needed broader political platforms, stronger alliances, and collaborations with like-minded individuals to advance his political vision.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-193835\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/afnews.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/app-1.jpg?resize=1170%2C614&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1170\" height=\"614\"\/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">It should be recalled that during the 2023 House of Representatives elections, Nwoke secured over 5,000 votes, coming second, a record-breaking feat for any opposition candidate in the Ukwa East\/Ukwa West Federal Constituency.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The defection of the former APGA candidate is widely seen as a significant development that could reshape the political landscape of Ukwa politics and further strengthen the electoral chances of the LP in the Ukwa East \/Ukwa West Federal Constituency.<\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<h3><strong>Listen to top Radio Stations in <a href=\"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/abia\">Abia <\/a>State CLICK HERE<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 -->\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Labour Party in Ukwa is set for a major boost as Engr. Adinigwe Ugochukwu Nwoke, former APGA House of Reps candidate, concludes plans to defect. Governor Alex Otti will officially receive him and other Asa political leaders on Friday. The move is expected to reshape Ukwa politics. \ud83d\udc49 Read full story. \u00a0 The Ukwa [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":235113,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[176],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-235112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abia"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/3ff097c7-9a63-4762-b0ad-8786310efdc4-e1756386241620.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235112\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}