“He Called Me at 11:45 p.m.” – APC Aide Reveals How Ned Nwoko Joined Party.
A senior aide to the All Progressives Congress (APC) national chairman has given a fresh account of how Senator Ned Nwoko made his way into the party and the events that later led to a heated dispute over the Delta North senatorial primary.
Norbert Akachukwu Sochukwudinma, who works as the Senior Special Assistant to the APC National Chairman on Local Government Affairs, shared the story during an interview on Arise TV.
According to Sochukwudinma, Nwoko did not go through the usual back-and-forth of public meetings or intermediaries when he decided to leave his former party. Instead, the senator picked up his phone late one night.
“He called me at about 11:45 p.m. and said, ‘I want to move to your party,’” Sochukwudinma recounted.
He said the call caught his attention not just because of the time but also because of how direct Nwoko was. There was no small talk. Just a clear statement of intent.
Sochukwudinma admitted that he welcomed the idea but told the senator that joining the APC was not something done with a single phone call. He advised Nwoko to go through the proper channels — starting from the ward level, then moving up to the local government, and finally the state.
“I told him that in our party, you cannot just jump in. You have to meet people at the bottom. You have to let them know you. You have to let them feel you,” he explained.
He said Nwoko agreed to follow the advice, and that was how the process began.
But things did not go smoothly when it came time for the Delta North senatorial primary. Sochukwudinma said the trouble that followed should not surprise anyone who understands how the APC works.
He explained that the party runs on a system where local members have a real say. If an aspirant does not take time to build relationships with ward and local government executives, things can fall apart during voting.
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“You cannot just come in with your name and money and expect everyone to fall in line. The party has structures. Those structures must be respected,” he said.
When asked about the complaints and accusations that followed the primary, Sochukwudinma said those matters should be handled inside the party, not through media fights. He added that primaries are often messy when aspirants do not fully understand the ground rules.
He did not directly say whether Nwoko made any mistakes during the process. But he made it clear that political success inside the APC depends on one thing: steady engagement with the party’s everyday members and leaders.
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“If you stay close to the structures, you will be fine. If you don’t, you will run into problems. It is that simple,” he said.
As of the time of this report, Senator Ned Nwoko had not released an official response to Sochukwudinma’s comments.
“He Called Me at 11:45 p.m.” – APC Aide Reveals How Ned Nwoko Joined Party.
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