Ebonyi lawmaker quits PDP, defects to APC

• According to him, he left the PDP because of the protracted and irreconcilable crises rocking the PDP both at the state and the national level.

In Ebonyi State, Hon. Victor Chidi Nwoke, has announced the resignation of his Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, membership.

Nwoke, who announced his exit from the PDP on Monday, defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.

He is the member representing Abakaliki North Constituency in the State House of Assembly,

The lawmaker announced his defection during the inauguration of the local Government Committee of BERWO, the Pet Project of the wife of the Governor.

According to him, he left the PDP because of the protracted and irreconcilable crises rocking the PDP both at the state and the national level.

He disclosed that the crises had engendered the defection of many members of the party.

The legislator said he decided to join APC due to the achievements and leadership quality of the state Governor, Rt. Hon. Francis Nwifuru which centred on the People’s Charter of Needs.

“The crisis between the former Vice President of Nigeria and the party’s Presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and the immediate past Governor of Rivers State and current minister of FCT, Nyesom Wike is causing a lot of disquiet within the party.

“The party has seriously been engulfed in leadership crisis to the extent that it has polarised the party into fierce contending groups, in addition to failed attempts to upstage the National Chairman who is believed to be a stooge of the minister of FCT.

“The leadership struggle between wike and Atiku has witnessed an unprecedented loss of members to other political parties even as it grapples with its own micro crisis.

“Moreso, due to the leadership prowess of the Governor of Ebonyi State, Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru, which is centered on the People’s Charter of Needs, the Governor of Ebonyi State is a paradigm of perfection,” he said.

The lawmaker defected with the Labour Party Chairman, Abakaliki LGA, Mr Innocent Oriji, who is one of his hardcore supporters.

Other defectors include the former leader Abakaliki legislative council, Hon. Emmanuel Nwandegu and over thousands of his teeming supporters.