Ekweremadu: I Am Defecting To Nowhere, I Belong To PDP
Ike Ekweremadu, Deputy Senate President[/caption]
Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu has ruled out defecting to the ruling All Progressives Congress party (APC), insisting he remains with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
In a statement issued in Abuja by his Special Assistant on Political Affairs, Hon. Okey Ozoani, the Deputy Senate President assured that he remains firm with the leading opposition.
“Senator Ekweremadu is not contemplating leaving PDP. He is more concerned about fixing the country’s biting economic and security conditions and other challenges than saving his job as the Deputy President of the Senate.
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“It is his view that Nigeria has to first exist for us to have political parties to belong to or political offices to occupy. Studies have shown a direct relationship between economic conditions and survival of democracy.
“The primary responsibility the Constitution places on our government is to cater for the wellbeing of the citizens as well as security of their lives and property. When such are threatened, everyone should necessarily get serious and preoccupied with contributing his or her quota to salvaging the country.
“Besides, he is most grateful to his colleagues for the confidence they continue to repose in him and the Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki. He is grateful for the solidarity that the Senators have continued to accord them.
“By strength alone shall no man prevail. Therefore, let us get down on our knees and continue to present the government and the country before God”, the statement said. Last week, the Senator representing Zamafara Central, Kabiru Marafa, had moved a motion asking the Deputy Senate President to cross over to the APC.
