Former Reps member Ibezi defects to NDC in Anambra

Former House of Representatives member Ifeanyichukwu Ibezi has left the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and joined the NDC in Anambra State, pledging to deliver the party's candidates in the 2027 general elections.

He was formally received on Saturday 10 October 2026 at a ceremony attended by Senator Victor Umeh, who represents Anambra Central Senatorial District, and other party chieftains.

Ibezi, a financier of APGA, abandons the political camp of Governor Chukwuma Soludo. His exit has been described as a major blow to the party and its candidates in his area of political strength.

He declared support for the presidential ambition of Peter Obi and for the re-election bid of Umeh. Ibezi, who holds a PhD, is also Convener of the Reality Movement and is popularly known as Ochiagha Idemili.

He pledged to mobilise his political structure to secure convincing victories for the party and its candidates at the polls.

Ibezi expressed confidence in the power of democratic collaboration in Anambra and rejected what he described as the political alliance of progressives.

"Anambra is a democratic state, and Democrats are working together. We reject 'progressives working together,'" he declared.

Speaking at a reception organised in his honour, Ibezi backed the NDC candidates for the Idemili North and South and Orumba North and South federal constituencies. They are Eric Anyamene and Hon Okwudili Nwankwo respectively.

"We will work hard to deliver all NDC candidates in our area. That is the assurance I am giving, and together with my supporters, we will make it happen," he said.

He was received alongside hundreds of supporters from the Idemili area, who also defected from APGA. They described him as their political leader and said they would follow him to any party he joined.

Umeh described Ibezi as a grassroots politician and said his capacity to deliver was undoubted.

Ibezi assured his supporters, and a delegation from the NDC National and State Working Committees, that he would deploy his grassroots network across Idemili North and South Federal Constituency, Anambra Central Senatorial District and Anambra State at large.

His entry is expected to strengthen the party's grassroots mobilisation as it prepares for the forthcoming elections and seeks to consolidate support for Obi's presidential ambition.