The Enugu State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and the Labour Party (LP), governorship candidate in the 2023 general election, Hon. Chijioke Edeoga, have reopened talks that could pave way for the return of the erstwhile party member to the PDP fold....CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING.>>
Edeoga, a former PDP member of the House of Representatives between 1999 and 2003, also served as Special Adviser (Legal) to former Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, in the 6th Senate, as well as Special Assistant on National Assembly Matters to former President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!He was a two-term commissioner in the administration of former Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi between 2015 and 2022, all on the platform of the PDP before he pulled out of the party after the governorship primary to run on the platform of LP.
However, addressing reporters at a joint press briefing after a closed-door meeting with Edeoga at the former LP flag bearer’s Enugu residence, the Chairman of the Enugu State Chapter of the PDP, Dr Martins Chukwunweike, told newsmen that the meeting was in line with his agenda to unite the party and bring back all former party members. “PDP used to be the only party in Enugu State. But in the last election, something happened that things didn’t go the way it used to go.
So, when I came on board, I discussed with the governor, Dr Peter Mbah, that we must do everything possible to get all our people back in the fold. We must do everything possible to see that Enugu State becomes 100 per cent PDP the way it used to be. And we took the decision to consult with some of our very key people, who have been PDP all along.
“Chijioke Edeoga is one of them. When we discussed, he told me in plain language that he owes a lot to PDP and he had become a lot through the PDP.
“But it is only right that he should also consult before coming to give us the expected verdict so that we will all go into the next election united as one family that we have always been,” he said.
Speaking also, Edeoga concurred with all that Dr Chukwunweike had said, noting that he would consult his supporters in addition to the discussions with the PDP chieftains.
