YPP’s only senator, Ifeanyi Ubah, dumps party, defects to APC

The Senator representing Anambra South Senatorial District, Ifeanyi Ubah, has defected from the Young Progressives Party (YPP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

Ubah announced his defection via a letter sent to the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, on Thursday, during plenary at the Red Chambers of the National Assembly in Abuja.

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He noted that his resignation from the YPP was due to irreconcilable differences, and the need to adhere to the calls from his constituents to serve better.

The former Anambra governorship aspirant served in the 9th Senate under the platform of the YPP, and he has been the only serving Senator from the party prior to his defection.

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