The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo State has launched an investigation into the activities of its former State Working Committee (SWC) members who defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) a few days ago.
On Sunday, the seven former SEC members resigned from the party, and 24 hours later, they met with Governor Hope Uzodimma and announced their defection to the ruling APC, citing a lack of internal democracy in the PDP.
However, at a press conference held yesterday at the party’s secretariat in Owerri, the state’s Financial Secretary, Bedewell Ejimadu, stated that the defected members had long been working for the APC.
He claimed that the party had launched an investigation into their activities while they were in power.
Ejimadu noted that the party was not perturbed by their defection, stressing that the PDP would come out victorious in the November 11, governorship election in the state.
He said;
We as a party are aware that some of your colleagues were invited to an unauthorised press briefing by seven unrepentant saboteurs of our party, in which they attempted to make several spurious and unfounded allegations against the party and our dear National Secretary and governorship candidate, Senator Samuel Nnaemeka Anyanwu.
We want to state categorically that no measure of blackmail or defection will stop the ongoing investigation, and if they are found culpable, surely they will be handed over to the security agencies for prosecution.
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