A chieftain of the All
Progressives Congress (APC) and former Commissioner for Information and State
Orientation in Ebonyi State, Chief Abia Onyeike, has defected to the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP).
Chief Onyeike stated that
his decision to return to PDP was informed by the fact that Governor Umahi is
not prepared to change his ‘dictatorial, totalitarian and autocratic leadership
style’ in the governance of Ebonyi state.
He alleged that this has
unleashed mass poverty and mass impoverishment on Ebonyi citizenry.
This was disclosed by Onyeike
in an open letter on Thursday while noting that the present leaders of PDP in
the state “now are tested leaders and like-minded patriots who are committed to
the genuine development of Ebonyi State.”
He said, “I will remain
opposed to Gov. Umahi’s government because of his lawless approach to
governance and administration. The PDP in Ebonyi State must be used as a
liberation movement to rescue Ebonyians from the stranglehold of Gov Umahi,
whose inordinate ambition is to hand over power to his proxy with his son as
the next speaker of Ebonyi State House of Assembly, come 2023.
“That Gov. David Umahi is
not prepared to turn a new leaf in his dictatorial, totalitarian and autocratic
leadership style in the governance of Ebonyi State – a situation that has
unleashed mass poverty and mass impoverishment on Ebonyi citizenry.
“Gov Umahi wants to
continue in his usual government of anarchy through which instability, violence
and lawlessness are exacerbated in the governance of the state. As we speak, a
new wave of killings and loss of lives is gradually unfolding in the state in
Ezza North and Ezza South LGAs, no thanks to the regime of impunity prevalent
in the state. The political space is already fouled by antagonistic propaganda
being fuelled and targeted against those wanting to toe a different and
independent path of political party affiliation, especially those who have
expressed their resolve to be in PDP.
Onyeike alleged that Umahi
sees public office not as an instrument for the provision of welfare for the
citizenry, but as a platform for personal and family aggrandizement.
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