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A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bode George, has stated that he never expected the governor of Enugu State, Peter Mbah, to defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Naija News reports that Governor Mbah officially announced his departure from the PDP on Tuesday.
Reacting to the development while responding to questions in an interview on ‘Politics Today’, a programme on Channels Television, George expressed shock over Mbah’s defection.
He stated that he never saw Governor Mbah’s defection coming despite several interventions by party elders.
“I never saw it at any time. In fact, when Anyanwu was brought back as secretary to complete his assignment, he asked his people not to attend meetings,” he said.
George wished Mbah well, but insisted that the PDP remained strong despite recent defections.
Meanwhile, George has questioned the rationale for the defection of sitting governors to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Naija News reports that George, while reacting to the defection of the Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah, to the APC on Tuesday, during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, said governors alone do not make a party.
He stated that governors are only an added value to a party, stressing that it is the people who truly constitute the party.
He said, “Governors alone don’t make the party, they are an added value. The people make up your party. We will campaign. We will go to the field and explain to the people. What has the APC done to put a smile on the faces of Nigerians? What are the economic indices?
“It’s not the matter of being in the government and they think they can manoeuvre and manipulate results for them to win elections.”
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