Onyeagucha, Imo’s Former SSG, Resigns From PDP

By Charles Igbo

Honourable Uche Onyeagucha, Lawyer and former  Secretary to the Imo State Government, SSG, under the short-lived administration of the Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha, has officially resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

Onyeagucha, a former member of the House of Representatives, resigned from the PDP in a letter dated May 20, 2024, addressed to the Chairman of his Obinze Ward, Owerri West Local Government Area.

Titled LETTER OF RESIGNATION OF MY MEMBERSHIP OF PDP, Onyeagucha wrote: “In furtherance of the exercise of my Fundamental Right to Freedom of Association, I write to inform you that I have decided to resign my membership of the Peoples Democratic Party and hereby request that my name be struck out from the membership records of the Party with immediate effect.

“I wish you and the party well in future endeavors.”

Onyeagucha’s resignation is a continuation of the run in the embattled Imo State Chapter of the PDP since the resignation of Ihedioha from the Party.

Ihedioha’s resignation triggered an unprecedented mass resignation of Party members from the Party, including every who-is-who and members in whole Local Government Areas

It is not known where Onyeagucha and others are headed to, but it is believed they are waiting for Ihedioha to make a decision on which Party they would empty into. For now, Ihedioha and his loyalists are operating under the fledging Rebuild Imo Forum.

There are strong speculations that they could be headed to the LP while others say APC.

However, unconfirmed sources insist they would empty into a new Mega Party allegedly being midwifed by a number of who-is-who in the PDP, LP, APGA and some other mushroom political parties.

Onyeagucha was the  Candidate of the PDP for the Owerri Senatorial District during the 2023 General Elections. He was defeated by Senator Ezinwa  Onyewuchi of the Labour Party, the man he forced to quit the PDP for the LP.

Onyewuchi was poised to contest for a second term to the Senate, but Onyeagucha suddenly declared interest and defeated Onyewuchi in the PDP Senatorial Primary, a defeat which Onyewuchi turned into joy by defeating Onyeagucha in main election.

Since his defeat by Onyewuchi for the Senatorial seat, nothing much has been heard of/from the fiery Onyeagucha, politically, until his resignation, now,  from the PDP.