Blame PDP if Gov Mbah defects – Ex- Enugu party chairman

*Says S’East whitethorn go lone portion without PDP governor

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and erstwhile Chairman of the Enugu State section of the party, Chief Augustine Nnamani, says the PDP is to blasted should the Enugu State governor, Dr. Peter Mbah, yet dump the party.

Rumours person been rife implicit Governor Mbah’s program to defect from the PDP to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).  An online newspaper, reported that the governor’s defection day would beryllium announced aft the past thigh of a wide stakeholders’ consultations scheduled to extremity past week.

It named erstwhile governors of Enugu State, including Barr. Sullivan Chime arsenic good arsenic erstwhile Senate President, Senator Ken Nnamani, among different elder members and supporters of the APC successful Enugu, personalities believed to person influenced Mbah’s determination to articulation the APC.

It further quoted Governor Mbah’s media aide, Uche Anichukwu, of acknowledging caller question of governmental consultations successful the state, though helium denied immoderate last determination to dump the PDP.

However, reacting to the improvement connected Monday, Chief Augustine Nnamani, said helium would not beryllium amazed if Mbah yet decamps to the APC oregon immoderate different party, saying PDP should carnivore the blasted if it happens.

“Yes, I tin corroborate that determination person been consultations connected the aboriginal of Enugu State successful peculiar and South East successful general, fixed however the PDP has treated the region. But the last determination lies with the politician astatine the extremity of the time based connected the aggregations of the feedbacks.

“As a PDP devotee, it is achy that things were allowed to deteriorate to this level successful our party. The South East PDP had acted successful accordance with the directive of the National Working Committee by nominating Hon. Sunday Udeh-Okoye to implicit the remaining word of bureau of the National Secretary occupied by Senator Samuel Anyanwu, who had gone to contention the Imo governorship election. It was expected to beryllium a regular thing, fixed the established contented successful the PDP.

“Finally, the Supreme Court, successful its considered wisdom, returned the substance to the PDP to decide, saying that neither the tribunal nor the Independent National Electoral Commission had jurisdiction implicit who becomes enactment leaders. One expected the enactment enactment to enactment their feet down to bash the close thing, particularly erstwhile the NWC and subsequently the PDP Governors’ Forum directed that the South East spell backmost to nominate Anyanwu’s replacement again. But for immoderate reason, enactment leaders kept playing fell and seek,” helium stated.

He accused the enactment of betraying some Mbah and the South East PDP.

“I person been successful this enactment for truthful long. Until now, I ne'er saw an full portion thrown nether the autobus to marque 1 idiosyncratic happy. More truthful a portion similar the South East that has successively fixed the enactment its all, sometimes adjacent erstwhile we had our ain sons connected the tickets of different parties arsenic statesmanlike and vice statesmanlike candidates.

“Governor Mbah was besides betrayed, adjacent by his ain colleagues.  I accidental truthful due to the fact that I person been successful the PDP agelong capable to cognize that successful matters similar this, PDP governors rally astir their own. But successful this instance, some Mbah and the portion were thrown nether the bus. The enactment chose the involvement of 1 antheral oregon a fewer individuals implicit and supra the South East involvement and position.

“We indispensable callback that the South East PDP already told the PDP to take betwixt the portion and those constrictive interests. So, if Mbah defects, helium would lone beryllium making bully the region’s wide menace to reconsider their aboriginal with the PDP if the enactment continued to disrespect their corporate involvement and position. And that being the case, the enactment has itself to blame,” helium said.

He added that Mbah’s defection, if it yet happens, would not beryllium similar immoderate different defection.

“It means that South East, which utilized to power the 5 South East states, would present beryllium the lone geopolitical portion without a PDP governor.

“It volition besides beryllium a immense nonaccomplishment to the PDP arsenic Governor Mbah is unarguably 1 of the astir celebrated and outstanding governors successful Nigeria arsenic of today,” helium concluded.

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