PDP scam Nigerians over 37,874 defectors figures in A/Ibom – YPP Chairman
By Dennis Udoma, Uyo
Opposition parties have disagreed with the rulling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Akwa Ibom over claims that 37, 874 defectors joined the umbrella party from APC, NNPP and YPP in a scammed jamboree held recently at Ibom Hall Grounds.
The figures given by the PDP they said, were not only misleading but was intended to score cheap political points.
PDP, it is recalled had recently recycled it’s rank and file in a ceremony held in Uyo to lampoon other political parties in the state by allegedly flaunting questionable figures of defectors as though they came from the APC, ANPP, YPP and LP.
But a swift reaction by a consortium of the All Progressives Congress(APC), Young People’s Party(YPP) and the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) among others said, the figures presented by the PPD was scammed attempting to misinform the general public.
YPP State Chairman, Mr. Wisdom Udoaka condemned the antics of the PDP saying, the party was still intact in Akwa Ibom against PDP claims that members of the party had all defected.
“Such a thing did not happen because about three canopies were in the Ibom Hall Grounds so YPP in Akwa Ibom is intact. I am the state Chairman, my secretary is there even the spokesperson of the party. My executive is intact.
“I have my chapter chairmen and every ward chairmen. The few members that defected before are begging to come back now so what the PDP is claiming is outright falsehood.
“People went to collect money. Things are too tough. Most of the defectors who claim to be members of YPP are not our members so, I debunk the falsehood that YPP has collapsed into the PDP”, Udoka said.
Similarly, the APC said its members were still intact and denied that hundreds of its members have moved to the PDP.
State Publicity secretary of the APC, OtoAbasi Udo said, “the PDP is shopping for members by all means hence is inflating figures of those who have defected to it’s party.
“There is no way members of the APC can leave the party in droves because our party is at the centre and the leaders of the party in the state are strengthening the party.
“We are preparing to take over the state by 2027 and the signs are there. It is fear of the APC that is making PDP to make outrageous claims so it is not true that hundreds of our members have defected to the PDP.
“What you saw at the Ibom Hall Grounds was a just a jamboree of decent and grandstanding. Akwa Ibom people should not be deceived”, he said.
At another ceremony, PDP had claimed 43,000 YPP members had defected to join its ranks.
