Defection Scare Set To Hit Imo PDP, APC

The gale of defection that has hit both the PDP and the APC at the national level has trickled down to Imo State as top politicians; especially those seeking for various elective public offices in the PDP and the APC may head elsewhere.

Some top PDP and APC chieftains (names withheld) unsure if they will clinch their party’s tickets of their respective parties due to the intensity of the scramble for various elective offices are making serious moves to defect to APGA .

This blog gathered that the fierce contest for the governorship, senatorial, House of Reps and other positions in the PDP and the APC may have compelled this group of politicians to gravitate towards APGA where there is little or no fierce scramble for such positions.

In the APC, there are fears amongst some contenders that only those loyal to Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha or belong to his political structure may get the nod to fly the party’s flag for various elective positions in the APC in the State.

 Most of them who not want to be caught unawares are said to be making moves to APGA, a party they consider is a safer for their aspirations and still enjoys tremendous followership amongst the Imo populace.

It was APGA that catapulted Rochas Okorocha to Government House, Owerri defeating then Governor Ikedi Ohakim of the PDP. 

Okorocha has since dumped APGA for the APC.

The media in Owerri widely reported that Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha at a meeting held at Government House, Owerri, asked his appointees eying elective offices on the APC platform to unveil their aspirations to him. Many of them complied.

For the PDP in the State, some of its aspirants are also not resting on their oars. While those seeking for one elective office or the other continue to attend party meetings, some of them are romancing APGA.

Last week, former minister of Interior and a frontline governorship aspirant on the PDP platform, Capt Emmanuel Iheanacho denounced insinuations that he is parleying with APGA. 

Despite his persistent denials, his footsoldiers are said to attend APGA meetings.

During the 2011 elections in the State, Iheanacho reportedly urged his supporters to vote for APGA, an allegation which drew the ire of his party the PDP.