Why Abia Politicians Are Defecting To PDP-Spokesman

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abia State has said the good performance of the ruling Peoples Democrstic Party in the state is the reason politicians from opposition parties, including the All Progressives Congress are defecting to the party.

Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr Fabian Nwankwo, stated this in a swift reply to the APC which had earlier described as “Tales by Moonlight” PDP’s claim that over 3,000 members of the APC and the All Progressives Grand Alliance defected to the party.

Nwankwo said anyone in their right senses would not doubt the defection of Abians to the PDP seeing the “sterling performances” of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu’s administration.

“The APC is a party in disarray which has resorted to arranging fake defections usually held in the bedroom of one of their leaders in Igbere only to announce that they have received “thousands” of defectors to their fold in the leader’s bedroom even when his bedroom is only large enough for just 20 people.

“We are therefore not surprised that the reality of the defections from their fold to ours has caused them tears and the resort to vain missives meant to console their weeping and distraught members.

“Let us state it categorically clear that with the experience of Nigerians in the hands of APC, no Abian worth his salt will consider dining with that Party even if with a long spoon, ” the statement said.

The party further stated that with the ongoing” massive infrastructural development strides of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu, more Abians will be received into our party in the coming days especially with our forthcoming membership drive that will finally drive the nail into APC’s coffin. “

Recall that the Whistler earlier reported that the Abia State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) through the publicity secretary Comrade Benedict Godson denied the claim by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state that over 3, 000 APC and All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) members have defected to the party, saying the alleged defectors must be ghosts.

In a statement signed by comrade Benedict Godson, said the report of stewardship given by the PDP Chairman, Hon. Asiforo Okere was simply “tales by moonlight”.

The statement read in part, “politics is not a market square. It’s an activity that involves leaders and followers. Whenever APC announces a defection into our party, we tell people about the leaders whose followers in any local government or ward have decided to move with into APC.

“This does not in anyway limit the powers of other persons who are not leaders in the party, because they have right to take decisions. But take it or you leave it, in every political movement, there must be leaders and there must be followers. That’s how it works.

“We challenge Hon. Asiforo Okere to give us names of prominent APC leaders that took their followers into PDP making up the fictitious, inexistent and ‘ghost-mode’ 3,000 persons he narrated about at Okpara Auditorium as comic relief to the tragedy already befalling the PDP.”

Godson said PDP formulated the defection story because it was aware that more of their top notchers would soon join APC.

“They know that National Assembly members and many State Assembly members from their party are gearing up towards joining the APC and they think with that bogus claim, people will believe they are still waxing strong in the state. ”.

He maintained that the party was engaged in fabrications of laughable stories full of self-deceit.