A Former deputy govenor in Imo state, Southeast Nigeria, Gerald Irona has resigned as a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Gatekeepers News reports that the former deputy govenor announced his resignation in a letter addressed to the PDP ward chairman in Oguta, Oguta LGA of the state.
Irona attributed his decision to quit the party to the “dissatisfaction with the current situation of things” in the PDP.
“I regret that the party has deviated significantly from the noble principles established by its founding fathers,” the letter reads.
Lawman Duruji, a former speaker of the Imo state house of assembly, has also quit the party.
Others who also exited the opposition party in Imo include Nze Biaduo, state organising secretary; Pascal Uzor, vice-chairman (Owerri zone); and Charles Awurum, a Nollywood actor.
The politicians are the latest in a gale of defections that have hit the PDP in the south-east state.
On Tuesday, Emeka Ihedioha, a former governorship candidate of the party in the state, resigned from the PDP.
Ihedioha cited the party’s inability to offer “credible opposition to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)” as his reason for leaving the PDP.
Following Ihedioha’s resignation, party members in Imo began to quit the PDP in droves.
