A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Enugu State, Dr. Sam Onyishi, has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Onyishi, managing director of Peace Mass Transit, was welcomed into APC at a stakeholders’meeting in Enugu on Sunday.
A source told reporters that Onyishi declared his interest in the governorship on APC’s platform.
APC’s National Welfare Officer Emma Eneukwu confirmed that Onyishi joined the party.
“We have welcomed him into our fold. He has defected to a party he feels will serve his interest better. May be he feels that PDP is being run as a cartel and decides to look for a better platform,” Eneukwu, ex-spokesman for the defunct All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), said.
Southeast spokesman for APC Osita Okechukwu said the defection was a signal that PDP was declining in the state.
According to him, Onyishi, having read the APC manifesto, appreciated the difference between its progressive philosophy and the PDP’s conservative philosophy.
“APC is the home of social democrats and humanists like Onyishi. He is welcome into our fold.
Luckily, coming from Nsukka zone, our party, after consultation, may make him the consensus governorship candidate in 2015,” he said.
Other APC bigwigs, who received Onyishi at the meeting, included Peter Okonkwo, Okechukwu Ezea and Valentine Nnaedozie.
Ezea described Onyishi’s defection as a good development, saying he was happy others were realising that PDP do not guarantee people a level-playing field.
Interesting development but I pray that what befell Ngige In Anambra should not be the lot of Dr Sam Onyishi
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