- Momodu dumps PDP for ADC
- Bode George: Ex-VP’s exit won’t affect our party
Former Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has given reasons for working against the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general election.
Ortom said he took the action because the party abandoned justice and fairness in choosing its presidential candidate.
Speaking yesterday on a national television programme, Ortom said: “We had thought the PDP would uphold equity, fairness, and justice. Unfortunately, they did not,” he said.
“I couldn’t understand how, after eight years of a northern presidency, the party would support another northern candidate.”
Also, a publisher and former presidential aspirant, Chief Dele Momodu, has announced his resignation from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
He announced his exit from the main opposition via a personally signed statement on Wednesday.
Momodu claimed that he could no longer remain in a party that has “derailed from its founding ideals and is now controlled by a small cabal”.
He added: “I have come to the painful conclusion that my continued stay in the PDP is untenable. The party I joined with high hopes has become a shadow of itself.”
The publisher said he has pitched his tent with the African Democratic Congress (ADC), a party he described as “ideologically aligned with the aspirations of Nigeria’s youth and committed to resetting the country’s democratic agenda”.
Also, a member of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the PDP, Chief Bode George, has insisted that the Presidency must remain in the South till 2031.
George spoke on a national television programme monitored by our correspondent.
He said: “Once a presidential candidate emerged from the North, he spent eight years. After eight years, it must come down to the South. I didn’t write it. The founding fathers did.”
George expressed confidence that Atiku’s exit would not affect the fortunes of the PDP in future elections.
