The Governor of Ebonyi State, Dave Umahi has informed the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of his plan to quit the party and join the All Progressives Congress (APC).
He reportedly made the disclosure at a meeting with the PDP leaders at the Ebonyi Governor’s Lodge in Abuja.
It was learnt that National Chairman of PDP, Prince Uche Secondus led some NWC members to the meeting.
Deputy National Secretary, Agbo Emmanuel; National Organising Secretary, Austin Akobondu; Financial Secretary, Abdullahi Maibasira; National Women Leader, Mariya Waziri and Senator Sulieman Nazif were some party chieftains that accompanied Secondus to the meeting.
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At the meeting, Umahi was said to have informed the party leaders that his decision to quit the PDP was irreversible.
The Punch quoted unnamed sources at the meeting as saying that Umahi told them that the APC would protect the interest of the South-East geopolitical zone in 2023.
He was further quoted to have said that the APC was planning to zone the 2023 presidency to the South-East.
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The PDP leaders were said to have told Umahi that his decision to quit the PDP and join the APC was unnecessary, noting that the ruling party has become unpopular.
Umahi reportedly stuck to his gun, insisting that he would only rescind his decision to leave the PDP if the party could make a pronouncement saying it would zone its 2023 presidential ticket to the South-East.
“He wanted us to unilaterally zone the office of the Presidency to his area. We cannot do that. Parties are not run that way. He told us he was leaving. That is what we got from him,’’ one of the parties at the meeting was quoted to have said.
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