The Abia State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has said that it truly appreciated the defections of a few of its members to the All Progressive Congress APC on Monday. April1, 2024. The Party described the development as a good riddance, and acknowledged that the decampees were no longer useful to the party in whatsoever form.
The Source reports that Professor Anthony Agbazuere, Chief of Staff to the immediate past Governor of Abia State, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, Barrister Eze Chikamnayo, former Commissioner of Information, Honourable Uzo Azubuike, a former member of the House of Representatives, top the list of former Abia State Government top officials and PDP stalwarts who, on Monday, joined ranks with the APC in the State.
Receiving the PDP defectors at her Isuochi Umunneochi Council, Abia State country home, the Minister of State Labour Hon .Nkeiruka Onyejiocha ,while expressing happiness over their decision to join forces with the APC ,described their presence as a welcome development.
The Minister said she is of the high hope that their teaming up with APC will grow the fortune of the party in the State. She promised them equal opportunities and treatment with old members of the party.
Hon Onyejiocha ,a former member of the House of Representatives while recognizing the political and electoral values of the former PDP members, enjoined them to assist in further entrenching the party in all parts of Abia state .
Chief Donatus Nwankpa, the APC National Welfare Secretary and former Chairman of the Party in the State assured the defected PDP members that there is no division in the Party as being claimed by some people he called detractors. He charged them to apply themselves to the great and important task of expanding the membership of the party particularly at the grassroots.
But in a statement issued on Tuesday, March 2, by the Abia PDP Acting Publicity Secretary and Vice Chairman Abraham Amah,and made available to The Source ,the party noted that as a platform that believes in the principles of liberty, justice and equity, it welcomes the defections with an open mind in the understanding that they are entitled to their freedom of association.
“The Abia PDP truly appreciates the exit of these people because after the 2023 general elections ,the party did a post-mortem on itself and came to the inevitable conclusion that the party needs to reinvent itself for the future.
“The only way for that to happen would be for the party to shed weight not by expelling some people, but for those responsible for its brief downturn to exit by themselves .
“That is exactly what has happened and the Abia PDP truly appreciates their exit after they recognized that they were no longer useful to the party in whatsoever form.
“While we wish them well in their future endeavours, we also tell our members, numerous sympathisers and well wishers that the Abia PDP has been receiving many applications from highly placed and well meaning Abians who are desirous of joining the party .
“What should be a source of concern to Abians is why these people are leaving the PDP and rather than join the ruling party in Abia which is the Labour Party LP ,they are joining the APC,the ruling party at the centre . That alone speaks about the character of the people who defected ” the PDP noted
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