Ahead of the general election, the vice chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Abia State, Chief David Chigbu, has defected to the All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA.
Chigbu said he would rather support the re-election bid of Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe instead of working for PDP’s candidate, Governor Okezie Ikpeazu.
He said Abaribe had distinguished himself at the red chamber and the only known voice for the entire South East in the current Senate.
Chigbu said, “Abaribe is a symbol of what integrity and resilience is, even in the face persecution”, he said, adding that “no right thinking Igbo man in Abia and elsewhere will choose an innate leadership against an Abaribe who today is an embodiment of Igbo renaissance.
“Abia under PDP has become a laughing stock and a butt of jokes among Nigerians, particularly now.
“We must all join hands to rescue this state from the rapacious invaders who are holding the state hostage this time. My resignation is a patriotic duty to join other well meaning Abians to stop the PDP from further raping our dear state with their avowed quest for primitive acquisition of wealth. Enough is enough.
“I decided to resign because I see PDP as a fraud. I see PDP as a party that is deceiving Abians. PDP has a presidential Candidate in Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and formerly a Governorship Candidate in Professor Uche Ikonne who just passed away and today there is a new Candidate in Chief Okey Ahaiwe.”
