By Kamsi Anayo,
A member of the Imo state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from Naze in Owerri-North Local Government Area of the state, Hon. Paul Amadi, has dumped his party and joined the Labour Party of Nigeria.
Amadi disclosed this to newsmen in Owerri, while declaring officially his membership of the LP.
The former chieftain of the crisis ridden party, gave PDP’s unwillingness to adhere to equity and rotational presidency as the reason for his defection.
He was angered that after the Northern region under President Muhammadu Buhari, had completed eight years in the administration that it was wrong for Atiku Abubarkar, from the same North to go for the position.
Amadi while recounting what made him to join Labour Party said, “PDP’s unwillingness to exercise equity and honouring the long tradition of rotational Presidency.
“No one wants to be a victim of injustice and Igbos should not be an exception. Atiku’s move to grab power and ignore the fact that Buhari is completing 8 years of the turn of the Northern region.”
“Moreover, the party took for granted its bad image and wants to replicate it. The appropriate thing the PDP should have done is to field new and younger faces of the party, to appear transformed but it decided to keep the same old faces of corruption that Nigerians rejected.
“I was expecting Peter Obi to be chosen as the Presidential candidate, given his youth and clean image but the party I also belonged to, out of greed, kept the status
quo.
“PDP does not stand a chance of any victory in the presidential election, not with Atiku. He represents all that is grossly wrong with Nigeria-massive fraud and corruption.
“Nigerians are ready to do away with people like that. Igbo leaders in PDP would do themselves a favour at this minute, and join this Caravan or regret it later,” he said.