* Senator Ehigie Uzamere, a governorship aspirant
on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) has abandoned the party.
– Senator Uzamere did not give any reason for his
action in the letter addressed to the party’s national
leadership.
Barely two weeks after the state congresses of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), a gubernatorial
aspirant on the platform of the party has tendered
his resignation letter to the national leadership of
the party.
The Nation reports that the former senator, Ehigie
Uzamere, who made his resignation known in a
statement signed and issued on March 21, declined
to give any reason for his action.
“After due consultation with my family and political
associates, I have withdrawn my membership of the
PDP. I wish to thank the leaders of the PDP at the
national, state and local government levels for their
unflinching support and provision of platform for my
first term as senator of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria representing Edo South senatorial district
between 2007-2011.
“I also wish to thank the leaders of the Action
Congress of Nigeria (ACN) as it were then, for their
unflinching support and provision of the platform for
my second term 2011-2015. My heartfelt appreciation
goes to the general electorate of Edo South
senatorial district for giving me their mandate for
eight years, the first of its kind in Edo South
senatorial district,” the statement reads.
Uzamere was in the red chamber between 2007 to
2015. He is the only senator from Edo South
senatorial district who had spent two terms in the
National Assembly, since the state was created.
It was gathered that the senator’s decision to quit
the party was propelled by his dissatisfaction with
the manner the party is being run in the state. The
senator is also believed to be unhappy with the
recently conducted congresses of the party in the
state as he feared the party has been hijacked by a
cabal.
Meanwhile, indications have emerged that some
members of the PDP have decided to pull out of the
party to float a new mega party.
Leadership reports that Chief Perry Opara, the
spokesman of the proposed new party, confirmed
this indication and revealed that a special meeting
had been held in respect to the formation of the
party. He disclosed that the parley attracted huge
turnout where members solicited the formation of a
movement that will provide a voice for the masses.
The Nation
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