PDP Gale Of Defections: Ex- Deputy Chair Dumps Party After Ihedioha’s

Shuaib Oyedokun, a former Deputy National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party has defected from the opposition party.

The PDP chieftain said on Friday that he’s now a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.

According to the resignation letter he addressed to the National Chairman of the PDP through his ward, local government and state chairmen, the politician said the PDP has lost the ideals of the founding fathers of the party, which he stated has been “contaminated”.

“As a functional member and leader of PDP (Ward 13, Jagun/ Osi-Bale Ode, Odo-Otin South Local Government, Osun State,) whose high electoral productivity and value have been credibly and positively acknowledged in my ward, across the local council, state and country-wide for the enhancement of the fortune of the PDP, I have the honour (though with pain) in announcing the renunciation of my membership of the party on principle, having observed that the ideals of we, founding members, had been sorely contaminated,” Oyedokun said.

“In taking this step which is not even without due consultation with my teaming loyalists in the PDP, I have decided to shift my allegiance to the All Progressives Congress (APC) where I believe my experience, efforts and leadership roles would be valued and appreciated.

“I decided to dump the PDP after consultation with my loyalists, and would be joining APC, where my experience, efforts, and leadership roles would be valued and appreciated,” he said.

Oyedokun is leaving the PDP few days after Emeka Ihedioha, a former Governor of Imo state, and Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives dumped the party.

The former governor has yet to announce his new party after his departure from the PDP,  the party he has been with foe over 25 years.

Also last December, some members of the Rivers state House of Assembly dumped the PDP for the APC due to the power struggle between the governor of the state, Simi Fubara and his predecessor now Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike.

Analysts insist that the development is a bad omen for the party as it prepares for the next general election in 2027.