By Praise Chinecherem
No fewer than 2000 members of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labour Party (LP) are set to dump their parties for the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Anambra State.
This is coming barely one week after APGA’s State Congress which produced Bar Ifeatu Obiokoye as Chairman.
The development might not be connected to protracted leadership crisis in both PDP and LP which has currently produced parallel Chairmen of LP and the litigations over the authentic state Chairman of PDP.
An APGA Chairman from Ekwusigo Council area, Sir Edwin Ukorah who confirmed the development to newsmen, said some of his colleagues were being approached by members of the two parties who had concluded arrangements to dump their parties before or after the APGA National Convention slated for Wednesday next week.
He said, “We’re aware of what is happening and some us at the Council areas have been approached by them and that shows that our newly elected State Chairman Bar Ifeatu Obiokoye is on course to rebuild the party and reach out to members who left the party in anger to return to our party.
“The number is more than the figure that you quoted because those we have met are up to 2,000 and we give credit to our Chairman for creating that window and platform for our brothers and sisters to come back home,” he said.
Speaking to reporters earlier, Spokesman for the Labour Party (LP), Mr Jude Ezeokafor decried leadership crisis in the party, noting that the party cannot work together with parallel National and state Chairmen.
“We have Mr Peter Okoye who is claiming that Mr Ugochukwu Emeh is not the Chairman of the party in Anambra state and this is confusing and in line with the party Constitution and the Constitution of our country, members can defect to another party in the event of any leadership crisis and that is why we are joining the All Progressives Grand Alliance APGA” he said.
Elder Ben Uzor of the PDP noted that the virus over the Chairmanship position of the PDP has refused to die and at every primary election or Congresses two or more persons would come with one Court Order laying claim to one leadership position and this has always cost us victory in successive elections in this state”
Uzor further expressed happiness that the newly elected State Chairman of APGA was a member of the PDP, adding that the Chairman has pedigree going by his achievements as former PDP Chairman.
