“PDP is divided, we want to leave” – PDP defectors say

– Two members of the PDP party in the House of Representatives have defected to APC 

– The decamping was reportedly caused by the PDP division in three factions

Tony Nwoye from Anambra state and Udende Emmanuel from Benue state, both members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the House of Representatives have defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday, June 2.

 

NAN reports that according to separate letters read by the Speaker, Yakubu Dogara, the members indicated disunity in the opposition party as the reason for their decision to defect.

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The lawmakers specified that they did not want to belong to any of three faction headed by Ali Modu Sheriff, Ahmed Makarfi and Jerry Gana.

Their act was opposed by Leo Ogor, a representative of the Delta State People’s Democratic Party and the minority leader, who denied denied a division of the party as it was recognised by any recognised institution in the country.

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However, Mr. Dogara stressed that there was no need to discuss the matter of the PDP arrangement as it would be handled at the national level.

Earlier this week Tony Nwoye, a former governorship candidate in Anambra state, has disclosed his plans of defection to the ruling party.

He said: “I am no longer satisfied with what is happening in PDP. I no longer have anything to do with the party and I will soon officially declare for APC. I won’t force my followers to follow me, but they are free to join me in the movement to APC because politics is a matter of choice.”

Meanwhile, the PDP has issued a warning to those contemplating such move to be ready to lose their seats.

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