By Akinwale Kasali
Two Governors and 40 Lawmakers are set to dump the main opposition Party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.
Their reason, according to PDP’s House of Representatives Member, Hon. Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere are disillusionment and loss of confidence in the leadership of the party.
Ugochinyere, spokesman of the coalition disclosed thid during a Press Conference held in his hometown of Akokwa, Imo State.
He expressed disappointment in the current state of the PDP, asserting that its founding fathers would be ashamed of what the once-proud party had become. He accused the current leadership of sabotaging the platform that brought them to prominence.
The coalition demanded the immediate expulsion from the Party of the Acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum, the PDP’s 2023 governorship candidate in Imo State, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike.
Ugochinyere who spoke on behalf of the Coalition, also, called for the emergence of a substantive National Chairman from the North Central zone to save the party from collapse.
“For two years, the Leaders of this party have failed to find a solution to its internal crisis because they are actively undermining the very platform that made them,” Ugochinyere stated.
He criticized Damagum’s statements invoking divine guidance, questioning his inaction during critical party decisions. “Where was God when you allowed the North Central to be sidelined in appointing an acting chairman? Where was God when you supported APC defectors in court? Or when party structures were handed to APC members? And yet you speak of faith in God?”
He also questioned the continued membership of Wike in the PDP despite his open collaboration with the APC-led Federal Government.
Ugochinyere further drew attention to the severe erosion crisis ravaging im his constituency, Ideato. He appreciated the Federal Government’s intervention in the N25 billion Umuchima erosion control project, and commended the efforts of both the Federal and State Governments.
“I thank the Federal and State Governments for their commitment, but in other parts of my constituency, especially the Umuechi-Urualla axis, the erosion is out of control. It’s threatening St. Jude’s Catholic Church, the king’s Palace, and Federal infrastructure. The situation is dire,” he warned.
He revealed that a previous World Bank erosion control project in the area worth N9 billion had been abandoned due to mismanagement by the former State Administration, resulting in worsening conditions.
He appealed to the Federal Government and the Ministers of Works and Environment to take urgent action. “Please intervene and save our people from being cut off by this devastating erosion menace.”
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