Two members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ebonyi State, Mr. Jimoh Abu and Anthony Awaza, have denied defecting to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Key Highlights
- Ebonyi PDP members Jimoh Abu and Anthony Awaza deny defecting to the APC.
- They made the denial at a press conference in Abakaliki on Thursday.
- They allege state officials and vigilante operatives forced them to declare for the APC.
- Both reaffirm support for PDP governorship candidate Chief Ifeanyi Odii.
The duo made the denial at a press conference in Abakaliki on Thursday and reiterated their membership of the PDP.
Abu and Awaza alleged that officials of the state government led the state vigilante to Jimoh Guest House, Hausa Quarters, Abakaliki, where they abducted lodgers, staff and other customers of the guest house and forced them to declare that they had left the PDP for the APC.
‘I Remain A Member Of The PDP’
“However, despite the threats of the government, I remain a member of the PDP and supporter of Chief Ifeanyi Odii, the governorship candidate of the PDP, because we believe he is prepared and ready to give Ebonyi a face-lift in development,” Jimoh declared.
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On his part, Awaza said: “I don’t even have a reason not to support Anyichuks, a man who has cared for me when no one did.
“I had health challenges, it was Anyichuks that sent me N3m to pay my medical bills at the Niger Foundation Hospital, Enugu.
“What happened was that I was forced at gunpoint to say that I joined the APC, but everyone knows that I cannot leave PDP because even the house I live in now was built by Chief Ifeanyi Odii.”
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