The Senator representing Adamawa North, Elisha Abbo, has explained that he left the People’s Democratic Party to join the All Progressives Congress, in order to pursue his 2023 governorship ambition.
Abbo, whose
letter of defection was read on the floor of the Senate by the Senate
President, Ahmad Lawan, on Wednesday, however insisted at a news conference
after plenary, that there is a major crisis in the partly in Adamawa State.
He also said
he was not ready to resign as a Senator as was demanded by the PDP.
National
Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan, while reacting to Abbos
defection said, “Senator Abbo, is fully aware of the constitutional implication
of his decision to defect to another party; which is that, he cannot continue
to occupy the seat of the PDP in the Senate.
“The place of
any Senators who changed parties except on the grounds provided by the
Constitution is very clear and the PDP will not allow Senator Abbo to run away
with our mandate.
In response,
Abbo said, “Did they ask (Governor Dave) Umahi to resign? Go and ask them
(PDP). Governor Umahi just defected from PDP to APC as a sitting governor of
Ebonyi State. Did they ask him to resign?
“There is a
crisis in the (PDP) party in my state. That is the truth. I believe internal
democracy in the party has suffered in the last one year when the governor
assumed office.
“As you all
know, it is only in Adamawa State that we have reformed PDP. There is a crisis in the party in Adamawa
State and the governor is the cause of the crisis.”
Earlier, the
in his letter of defection which was read on the floor of the Senate by the
Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, the Senator said, “Today, I join the APC and the
President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari, to
build the Nigeria of our dreams.”
The APC now
has 60 senators, while PDP has 42. There are currently six vacant Senate seats.
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