Former Aviation Minister, Osita Chidoka, has described Anambra Politicians
leaving the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) as saboteurs and political
jobbers.
The departure of the decampees, he said, will provide the true members of
the PDP with the opportunity to restore the moral compass of the party and
return it to the glorious vision of its founding fathers.
Speaking at his country home in Obosi, Thursday, at a meeting of Obosi
ward executives and selected stakeholders of PDP in his Idemili North
Local Government in Anambra state, the former minister said he and other
leaders of the PDP (who are the true representatives of Ndi Anambra) would
remain in the PDP, saying “the umbrella represents equity and hope for the
Nigeria of our dream.”
A statement by his media aide, Ikechukwu Okafor quoted Mr. Chidoka as
saying Anambra is a core PDP state that would remain so for a long time.
According to the statement, he recalled how former Vice President Alex
Ekwueme brought the message of PDP to Anambra state and how it was
welcomed and widely accepted, with the party winning all gubernatorial
seats in the South East at the time.
He said PDP is rooted and strong in Anambra state and that come 2018,the
party would take back the Government House in the state.
The former Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Commission, also
described the All Progressives Grand Alliance, (APGA), as a franchise of
the PDP.
“It is the PDP that has been making it possible for APGA to win
gubernatorial elections in Anambra state over the years, and now the
franchise arrangement has been terminated because the former governor of
Anambra state, Mr Peter Obi, who is the franchisee, has returned to the
PDP,” he said.
“The franchise arrangement is canceled and we are taking back our state.”
Mr. Chidoka reassured PDP stakeholders in the state that the true devotees
of the fold were still in the party and had no plans of leaving.
He said those leaving to join the APC were “political jobbers, people with
no character, people with no principles, and most importantly they are
people who have never won any free and fair election in Anambra state.
“Though the PDP is happy to release these political jobbers to the APC, I
like to caution the original APC members to be wary of these characters
who are distinguished by their political gimmicks.
“We are happy to hand such persons over to APC, because anybody that is a
PDP member would know that PDP represents what the Igbo man wants.
“PDP represents free market, PDP represents equal opportunities for
everybody, PDP represents equitable distribution of our amenities across
all ethnic groups in Nigeria.
“The Nigeria project has room to accommodate everyone, and all ethnic
groups in the country must be equal stakeholders in the Nigerian
government.
“PDP is the only umbrella that can bring everyone together and give all
Nigerians a sense of belonging.
“For those of us who feel the pulse of the good people of Anambra state,
for those of us who know the real mood and feelings of Ndi Anambra, we
know that PDP represents our hope, PDP represents our aspiration, PDP
represents our desire to have a Nigeria where no man is oppressed.
“PDP is alive and strong in Anambra. Come 2018 and 2019 we will all come
out and speak with one voice to return our dear state and country to its
true glory.”
The Idemili North PDP chairman, Alex Iremeka, thanked Mr. Chidoka, a
foundation member of the PDP in Anambra State, for reaffirming his
commitment to the party.
Mr Iremeka said the PDP remainedthe true umbrella that would sustain
equity in Nigeria irrespective of ethnicity, gender, and economic class.
He said a PDP government would return Nigeria to the path of growth
recorded under the Obasanjo/Yar’Adua/Jonathan era instead of the recession
brought the APC government.