Nigeria, April 5 -- Some appointees of the former governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu, have defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Mr Ikpeazu governed the state from 2015 to 2023 under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The former governor failed to get Okey Ahiwe, the PDP governorship candidate, to win the 2023 governorship election in Abia State.

Mr Ahiwe lost to Alex Otti, who won the election under the platform of the Labour Party (LP).

The Leadership newspaper reported that Mr Ikpeazu's former commissioners and chief of staff were among some top PDP members who defected to the APC on Monday.

The former appointees who defected were the immediate past Chief of Staff to Mr Ikpeazu, Anthony Agbazuere, a...