The Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, have suffered a setback in Enugu State as over 6000 members defected to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Enugu State.
DAILY POST reports that the defectors, who were led by Mr Godwin Obasi, were received by the PDP leadership in Enugu, the state capital, on Saturday.
Giving reasons for their defection, Obasi said they dumped the NDC after the party chose unpopular candidates for the various elective positions.
“We decided that we were going to join the PDP. It is our right and choice. So, after he congregated, we are here today to officially join the PDP.
“We are from all the 260 wards and 17 local government areas in the state, and all of us have moved into the PDP from today,” he stated.
Receiving the defectors, the PDP governorship candidate in Enugu, Chief Uche Nnaji, assured them that they would be well accommodated in the party.
Nnaji said the current government in Enugu had failed in all its promises, adding that the collective efforts of the citizens were needed to rescue the state.
He said the only achievement of the All Progressives Congress, APC, government in the state was suffocating the people with taxation.
Nnaji said that even though dead bodies and newborns were taxed in the state, there was nothing tangible to justify the huge resources generated.
“Our pensioners are not being paid. Enugu is the only place where pensions and gratuities are not being paid to our people.
“Nothing is paid to our people. Everybody is in a mess.
“Imo and Anambra pay their pensions and gratuities to date. What sin have we committed in Enugu State?
“And President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has released so much money to all the states. What this government here has received is more than what the three previous governors — Chimaroke, Sullivan and Gbagbo — put together.
“What they received in 24 years, this government has received in about three years. We are talking of trillions.”
He also questioned the huge internally generated revenue announced by the Enugu State Government in 2025, alleging that it was generated at the cost of the lives and comfort of residents.
Also speaking, a chieftain of the PDP, Chief Basil Ani, said the decision by over 6,000 NDC members to join the PDP in the state was a huge boost for the party.