Why I dumped PDP for APC – Ibori’s daughter
The member of the House of Representatives representing Ethiope West federal constituency in Delta State, Erhiatake Ibori-Suenu, has offered explanations on her leaving the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC). She said her movement to the APC was because of her exclusion by the Delta State chapter of the PDP.
Ibori-Suenu, daughter of former Delta State Governor James Ibori, announced her defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in a letter addressed to Speaker Abbas Tajudeen.
She was among the five members of the Green Chambers that dumped their former political organisations for the ruling party on Thursday. The other four lawmakers were formerly with the Labour Party (LP). They are Tochukwu Okere, Imo State; Donates Mathew, Kaduna State; Bassey Akiba, Cross River State; and Iyawu Esosa Edo.
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In a letter dated Thursday, December 5, Ibori-Suenu addressed the PDP Chairman of the Ethiope West Council area, explaining that her resignation was due to her exclusion by the Delta State chapter of the party.
The letter, titled ‘Notice of Resignation of Hon. Erhiatake Ibori-Suenu as Member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),’ read, “Please be informed that by this notice I formally resign as a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with immediate effect. I surrender my attached Peoples Democratic Party [PDP] Membership Card, with membership number 0777144, in furtherance of my complete dissociation and disengagement from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).”
Ibori-Suenu won the 2023 election on the platform of the PDP. Her father who is widely held as a top notch in Delta and South-South politics, at a time, had political differences with immediate past governor of the state, Ifeanyi Okowa, largely seen as his erstwhile protégé.
