The Ebonyi State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has criticized former Senator Obinna Ogba and his followers who recently left the party, stating that the PDP is better off without them. Dr. Augustine Nwazunku, the state chairman of the PDP, expressed this sentiment during an interview with The PUNCH on Monday.

Ogba, along with former Secretary to the Government of the Federation Anyim Pius Anyim and others, reportedly defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) last week. Ogba cited leadership inconsistencies as the reason for leaving the PDP.

However, the PDP chairman asserted that the party remains intact and is determined to defeat the ruling APC in future elections in the state. He also claimed that Ogba's decision to join the APC stemmed from his failure to secure the PDP's governorship nomination in 2022.

Nwazunku stated, "We in the PDP had decided to forge ahead without the distractions of these planted fifth-columnists, but they are making the process of leaving the PDP for the APC become an endless program of stage-managed noise-making." He further mentioned that these individuals had previously betrayed the PDP and worked for the APC during the last general elections.

The PDP chairman emphasized that it was the PDP that provided Ogba with the political exposure that led to his two terms in the Senate from 2015 to 2023. He concluded by saying, "If he thinks he can destroy the party which made him what he is today, we wish him good luck."

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