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Politics of Monday, 27 January 2020

Source: www.mynigeria.com

JUST IN: PDP Chieftain dumps party for APC

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Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in Imo State, Charles Ezekwem has dumped his party for the All Progressives Congress.

He made this public in a resignation where he resigned his position as the opposition's party egg-head to join the ruling party in the state.

Explaining his decision to defect, he said the decision was in the light of the prevailing circumstances facing the PDP.

Part of his letter read thus: “In view of the prevailing circumstances within my party, vis-a-vis my present standing as the state chairman of the PDP, in Imo state and after due consultations with my family and with the approval of my supporters.

“I hereby tender my resignation as state chairman of PDP, Imo state and as a member of the party in the ward of Okigwe LGA, which has been duly communicated to the ward of Okigwe LGA.

“I thank the teeming population of Imo state PDP, who thoughtfully elected me as their state chairman.

“I sincerely regretted the inconveniences the party faced. I thank the party for the support they gave me and the opportunity to serve in that capacity.”

Ezekwem’s resignation comes about two weeks after Nigeria’s apex court sacked Emeka Ihedioha of the party as governor of the state and affirmed All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Hope Uzodinma, as the winner of the 2019 governorship election.

A week after the Supreme Court judgment, nine lawmakers of the state house of assembly defected to the APC.