National Vice Chairman (South East) of the People’s Democratic Party, (PDP), Chief Austin Umahi, has lambasted former Ebonyi State Governor, Martin Elechi, for joining the All Progressives Congress (APC).
He mocked Elechi for defecting without a good number of supporters, stating that even his wife and son are still in the PDP.
The chieftain also wondered what Elechi was looking for in the APC at his old age of 83, when he should have remained in PDP which made him governor despite challenges bedevilling the party.
Umahi insisted that those joining the APC cannot boast of intimidating followership and that such persons betrayed the party.
In an interview with Sun, he said: “We also have a similar case in Ebonyi State, where an 83 years old former governor defected to APC, we all know that the former governor of Ebonyi State (Chief Martin Elechi), left PDP in the year 2014 to Labour Party. After two years of being in LP, he has now defected to the APC.
“My question is, at his age, is he suppose to be jumping from one party to another? Capital No. Chief Martin Elechi cannot boast of defecting with his wife or son. People defecting to APC are people who cannot win their polling Unit; their defection cannot take sleep out of our eyes.
“We are tired of promises, we are tired of recycling, that is the more reason we are not perturbed or disturbed by their defection. I call them Abuja politicians who don’t have grassroots support.
”I want to ask you, between 2015 and 16 years of Democracy by PDP, compare it with the two years of the present government in Nigeria. Keep the answer to yourself.
”In Governance, there is no way you give it 100percent, 80-90 percent is a pass mark. PDP is doing very well in human empowerment and stomach infrastructure, check the states where the PDP is in control, as the National Vice Chairman in the South-East, I give them excellent marks.
”Look at the youth empowerment, it is unprecedented in the history of Ebonyi State, I used to think Ebonyi State was alone on such meritorious achievements but when I visited Abia and Enugu States, I saw they were doing the same thing.
”Few days from now, Abia State Governor will be sending one hundred youths to China to understudy China, that is human empowerment, what again are we talking?
”It pains me looking at some Igbos with the level of marginalization Ndigbo are passing through in the so called democratic government and then some Igbo people will be proud to say that they are defecting.”
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