Former Anambra gov, Mbadinuju, leaves PDP for APC

A former Governor of Anambra State, Chinwoke Mbadinuju, on Monday
renounced his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party to join the
All Progressives Congress.
Mbadinuju, who served as the state governor from 1999 to 2003, cited
injustice and "the use and dump mantra" of the PDP as the reason for
his decision.
He said this during a press conference in Abuja.
According to him, the Boko Haram menace is part of God's judgment on
Nigeria for embracing injustice instead of promoting justice and
fairness.
The former governor stressed that "unless we give justice and fairness
its pride of place in our national life, the insurgency will continue
unabated."
The former PDP chieftain could barely hide his frustration over the
shoddy treatment he and his supporters were subjected to by the
President Goodluck Jonathan-led PDP, when he declared support for the
APC and its Presidential candidate, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari
(retd.).
Mbadinuju expressed confidence that Nigeria would fare better under an
APC administration, with Buhari at the helm of affairs.
Mbadiniju said, "However, the PDP and the government it formed,
especially at the national level, took no recognition of both my
person and my status. The party behaved as if it never wronged me nor
wronged the vast population of Anambranians whose lives I have touched
while superintending the state as governor.
"Together with our supporters, we were ignored and the government at
the centre operated and still operates as if the PDP members have
never existed in Anambra State. Whosoever the government patronised
turned out to be dishonest or be turned into a mediocre; thus making
dishonesty and mediocrity take the centre-stage of government and
politics in the country.
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"We painfully endured it for long, hoping that with leadership change,
things would also change. But from Obasanjo to Yar'Adua, and to
Jonathan, nothing changed; if anything, the situation kept getting
worse and worse."
Mbadinuju recalled that he remained in the party and took it upon
himself to call the attention of the leadership to the many lapses
within the PDP which was leading the party to self-destruct "but no
one, not even the President took him seriously."
He revealed that in the six years that Jonathan has been in power as
President, he had written 10 memos on issue of vital issues of
governance, but not once did the President give him an opportunity to
see him nor did the President respond to any of the memos.
The former PDP chieftain said corruption, greed and avarice have taken
the centre stage while the majority of Nigerians continue to wallow in
poverty with several going to bed hungry without hope of where the
next meal with come from.
With the words, "I give total support to all the APC candidates in
Anambra State and across the entire country," Mbadinuju declared his
loyalty to the APC."
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