The Governor of Ebonyi State, Dave Umahi, advised the countrywide management of the Peoples Democratic Party in Abuja on Tuesday that he changed into leaving the party.
He stated he would be part of the ruling All Progressives Congress which he claimed would protect the interest of the South-East within the 2023 elections.
Our correspondent accumulated that Umahi advised the individuals of the National Working Committee of the PDP that his decision to enroll in the APC changed into irrevocable.
The participants of the PDP NWC, who have been brought about the assembly through its National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, had been said to have attempted in vain to persuade the governor not to abandon the celebration.
Apart from Secondus, amongst those that had been at the meeting on the Ebonyi Governor’s Lodge in Abuja have been Deputy National Secretary, Agbo Emmanuel; National Organising Secretary, Austin Akobondu; Financial Secretary, Abdullahi Maibasira; National Women Leader, Mariya Waziri and Senator Sulieman Nazif.
The governor was said to be pleasant when he obtained the PDP delegation, but stuck to his decision to leave the PDP while the problem came up.
It changed into amassed that the PDP delegation inspired it upon the governor that there has been no need leaving the PDP for the APC, which they argued had turn out to be unpopular.
Sources at the assembly, however, stated the governor was no longer satisfied, insisting that the APC was making plans to region the 2023 Presidency to the South-East.
He became stated to have promised to stay in the PDP if the birthday celebration should make a pronouncement that it would quarter the Presidency to the identical area.
One of the resources said, “I think his (governor’s) mind changed into made up. We advised him there was no want for him to abandon the birthday celebration that had made him a deputy governor, kingdom chairman of the birthday celebration, -time governor and all that. But he refused.
He desired us to unilaterally region the office of the Presidency to his place. We can not do that. Parties aren't run that way. He advised us he become leaving. That is what we got from him.’’
When contacted, Secondus showed that the party’s management met with Umahi.
He, but, refused to declared the details of the assembly, insisting that the assembly was on ‘‘national issues.’’
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