Ekweremadu finally opened up on his defection with other top ranking Ndigbo PDP to APC

www.odogwublog.com reports that at last the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, on Tuesday

opened up on whether he is leading other top senators from South East from PDP to APC over senate presidentship.

Ekweremadu declared that prominent Igbo politicians in the Peoples Democratic Party will not defect to the All Progressives Congress, despite General Muhammadu Buhari’s victory in the Presidential election. 

Buhari’s victory over the incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan meant that the ruling PDP will become an opposition party in the next administration. 

The development has given rise to speculations that prominent PDP members, particularly in the South-East, will decamp to the APC. 

Ekweremadu, however, restated the commitment of Ndigbo to the PDP while addressing stakeholders from Enugu West Senatorial District in Enugu. 

He noted that by becoming an opposition party, the PDP would be further strengthened in the South-East. 

The Senator, who was re-elected for a fourth term in the March 28 Presidential and National Assembly polls, stressed that the South-East was the true home of the PDP. 

He pointed to massive votes recorded by the party in the March 28 elections in the zone to justify his claim.  

He said, “I have heard a lot of speculations on the possible mass defection of Ndigbo to the APC in the coming dispensation. 

“While I will not hold brief for all the PDP stalwarts of South-East origin, especially because our constitution provides for freedom of association, I can assure you that on PDP we stand.

“At least, count Senator Ike Ekweremadu out of any defection to the opposition. 

“PDP leaders in the South-East are committed to further repositioning and strengthening the party. 

“We may not have the presidency, but we are strong in the states and remain the party to beat. 

“On PDP we stand.”

While congratulating Jonathan for conceding defeat in a heroic manner, and Buhari, for his hard won victory, the Deputy Senate President expressed gratitude to the people of Enugu West, Enugu State and South-East in general for coming out in large numbers to vote for the PDP in the March 28 polls, and urged them to repeat the feat on April 11, during the governorship and state assembly elections.