WIKE IS REASON IHEDIOHA RESIGNED FROM PDP – PARTY CHIEFTAIN

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WIKE IS REASON IHEDIOHA RESIGNED FROM PDP – PARTY CHIEFTAIN

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Abdul-Aziz Na’ibi Abubakar, has claimed that the former governor of Imo state, Emeka Ihedioha left the party was ‘because of Wike and his disastrous G5.’

Abubakar wondered what the youths who never benefitted from the party would do when its founding members and elders cannot stay and fight for the party.

He made this claim via his X handle on Tuesday, April 23, saying: “Because of Wike and his disastrous G5, PDP lost one of it’s founding member, Emeka Ihedioha!

“I still believe leaving the party is not the best decision, why would you leave the house you built for a robber? This is discouraging, if the party elders can’t stay and fight for the party till the very end, what do you want the youth that never benefited from the party but keep on sacrificing their time, energy and resources because they believe in the party to do?”Emeka Ihedioha, in a letter dated April 23, resigned from the PDP stating that the party has deviated from its core principles as it has taken on a path that is at variance with his personal beliefs.

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    DONS EZE, PhD, Political Philosopher and Journalist of over four decades standing, worked in several newspaper houses across the country, and rose to the positions of Editor and General Manager. A UNESCO Fellow in Journalism, Dr. Dons Eze, a prolific writer and author of many books, attended several courses on Journalism and Communication in both Nigeria and overseas, including a Postgraduate Course on Journalism at Warsaw, Poland; Strategic Communication and Practical Communication Approach at RIPA International, London, the United Kingdom, among others.

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