Defection: Ebonyi PDP National Assembly caucus disowns Umahi

The Ebonyi State caucus in the National Assembly, predominantly Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has disowned the state governor, David Umahi, who defected from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

Governor Umahi, on Tuesday, said his defection to APC was not to grab the party’s 2023 presidential ticket as being speculated in some quarters.

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Briefing newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja, the Chairman of the caucus and former governor of Ebonyi, Sam Egwu, said though Umahi has the right to join any political party of his choice, the reasons he advanced for his deflection was unwise.

He said the National Assembly members from the state, all PDP members, would not leave the party.

“We remain proud card carrying members of the PDP, the platform on which we contested elections in 2019 and won,” Egwu said.

He argued that the governor should be the last person to defect having benefited immensely from PDP.

He was appointed the chairman of the PDP in the state, elected deputy governor and two-term governor on the platform of the party, Egwu added.