‘By Onyewuchi Ojinnaka
Apparently not feeling comfortable with the expected decamping of Ebonyi State governor, Engineer Dave Umahi on Thursday from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), the APC’s publicity secretary in Ebonyi state, Mr Chika Nwoba resigned from his office as the publicity secretary of the State party on Monday night
Nwoba, who is known to be strong critic of Governor David Umahi government said he resigned because he cannot work with the governor who is about decamping to the party from the PDP.
In his resignation letter to APC, he stated:”I thank the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its stakeholders for finding me worthy of election into office as its publicity secretary in Ebonyi State, May, 2018 at the age 27″.
“On assumption of office, I brought in the best of my media and publicity abilities to bear, selling the party and its programmes, principles and ideology to the Ebonyi people without any kind of financial commitment from the party till this day.
“For me, it is an effort towards strengthening our party to face the exigencies of democracy and realities surrounding the 2019 elections and beyond.
“I thank God and the people of Ebonyi State -home and in the diaspora, for sticking through to the times I reigned as the APC spokesman in Ebonyi state.
“For obvious reasons, all of which are known to me and God, I hereby resign my office as the State Publicity Secretary of the APC in Ebonyi State, today, 16th of November, 2020”.
He confirmed that his resignation has to do with the impending decamping of the governor to the party.
“Yes I resigned. I don’t want to work with him(Umahi). You cannot be in a river and still do not want water to touch you”.
On whether he will leave the party and cross over to the PDP, Mr Nwoba said he has not decided what his next move will be.
“I have not decided. But for now I am still a member of the APC, I only resigned my position as Publicity Secretary”,he said.