Jubilation rocks Wike’s camp as political tsunami hits PDP, over 52 top members and their followers dump party
●Emeka Ihedioha, a former governor of Imo state, is not the only PDP chieftain who resigned from the party on Tuesday, April 23
●Other principal members of the opposition party also tendered their resignation letters on the same day.
●The development, according to a PDP member, Abdul-Aziz Na’ibi Abubakar, will come across to Nyesom Wike as good news
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) witnessed a tsunami of defection, which came in the form of resignation within its ranks in just one day, Tuesday, April 23.
The defections started with the resignation letter of a former governor of Imo state, Emeka Ihedioha, who claimed that his reason for resigning was based on the view that the PDP has lost its place as Nigeria’s foremost opposition political party.
Most of the chieftains who tendered their resignation letters on Tuesday are from the southeastern region of the country.
The list containing names of the former PDP members who took the decision in one day is in a tweet shared on Wednesday, April 24, by a chieftain of the party, Abdul-Aziz Na’ibi Abubakar.
See the list below:
1.Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha
2.Chief Barr Chris Okewulonu – BOT Member
3.Sir Stanley Ekezie – South East Zonal Officer
4.Chief Austin Okeke (AEO) – South East Zonal Publicity Secretary
5.Rt. Hon. Obinna Onwubuariri – Frm Rep Member
6.Barr. Kissinger Ikokwu – State Legal Adviser
7.Mazi Emenike Nmeregini – State Publicity Secretary
8.Engr Chibuzor Agulana – Aboh/Ngor Okpala Rep Candidate
9.Chief Emeka Nwokeke – Zonal Organizing Secretary
10.Prof. Obioma Iheduru – Secretary, Imo PDP Elders Council
11. Chief David Abanihi – State Assistant Treasurer
12. Hon. Mrs Amarachi Owuamanam – Zonal Secretary
13. Hon. Sambazz Iheaturueme – Obowo LGA Chairman
14. Hon. Mrs Ruth Nkwocha – Zonal Woman Leader
15. Hon. Ezenna Okoro
16. Hon. Mishael Ozoemena
17. Amb. Ajachukwu Eze
18. Sir Chimezie Onuoha
19. Ezeagwula Emeka Sunday
20. Ikemba Columbus Akalonu
21. Hon. Johncee Nwaiwu
22. Modestus Ezekwe
23. Hon. Marcel Nwankwo
24. Ozioma Agu – State Executive Officer
25. Hon. Emma Nwaebo – Zonal Youth Leader
26. Engr Ben Nwaoluka
27. Chief Engr. Charles Ugwu – State Chairman
28. H,E Rt Hon Gerald Irona – Ex Deputy Governor
29. Ikenga Mayor Eze – Ex Rep Member
30. Dr. Vin Udokwu – Ex Chief of Staff, IMGH
31. Evang Anozie Udenwa – State Youth Leader
32. Barr Sonny-Unachukwu John -Ikeduru State Assembly Candidate
33. Hon Pius Omah – Isiala Mbano State Assembly Candidate
34. Engr Sly Enwerem – Ex Commissioner
35. Hon Chief Nkiruka Ibekwe Esq – Ex Commissioner
36. Chief Sir Martin Opara (Ikemba)
37. Chief Mrs Ann Njoku
38. High Chief Angus Okorie
39. Chief Sir Edward Uzoechila Ezeh
40. Hon Chief Ben Mere – Owerri Zonal Organizing Secretary
41. Prince Macdonald Enwerem – Owerri Zonal Secretary
42. Chibuike Paschal Maduike
43. Hon. Ike Uche
44. High Chief Jonathan Onyeneke – Fmr Aboh Mbaise LGA Chairman
45. Hon Mrs Gertrude Iroemeh – Fmr Ezinihite LGA Chairman
46. Hon Engr Chidi Ugochukwu
47. Hon Goddy Nwabekee – Party Auditor
48. Barr Chisom Dominic
49. Nze Anselm Ikwu
50. Sir Emeka Amajirionwu – LGA Party Chairman Ngor Okpala
51. Comr. Patrick Okoro
52. Sir Ralph Emeka Udeh
53. Okoronkwo Rex
If just 26 members who do not even have followers leave the party, this in anyway has no effect on the party faithfuls who believes strongly in the ideology and manifestoes of the party. Most of them that have exited the party is because, they were not given the ticket to run in their various offices of their choice. They leave, we occupy.
So what exactly are you saying?