PDP To Suffer Mass Defection In Ebonyi

Following the crisis rocking the Ebonyi State chapter
of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), over
450, 000 members of the party have threatened to
defect.
The crisis emanated from the party’s choice of
governorship candidates for next year’s gubernatorial
poll.
Daily Sun gathered that the defection plans are already
at its peak stage for the aggrieved members, which cut
across the state, especially the North and Central
Senatorial districts.
It is being speculated that the aggrieved members might
be defecting to All Progressive Grand Alliance
(APGA) following its popularity in the South East of
Nigeria. But a source has confirmed that the intending
defectors have not disclosed the party they would
prefer.
The source further revealed that following the powerful
party leaders behind the defection plot, the numbers of
members drawn from the councils are expected not to be
less than 500,000, adding that if the plan goes through,
the ruling party would have been notified of a possible
loss of the state.
The planned mass defection is in protest against the
perceived hide-and-seek tactic adopted by the national
leadership of PDP in handling the problem.
It was reported that a delegation meeting to Abuja last
Wednesday, November 26, led by a former senator,
one of the delegates from the Central Senatorial
district, told the PDP national chairman, Adamu
Muazu, that if their protest against the November 1
ward congresses result submitted by the splinter group
was not dropped, the party would have unknowingly
told the two zones they are no longer needed.
Details on The Sun