Lack of Fair Treatment: Benue PDP Chieftain Defects to PRP
- Philip Wuhe has defected to the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) in Makurdi, Capital of Benue state
- The chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) defected over what he described as unfair treatment in the party
- Meanwhile, he expressed optimism that he would win the Tiev state house of assembly election in 2023, because he has the support of his people
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A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Benue, Philip Wuhe, has defected to the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP). Wuhe said this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Makurdi.
He said that he left the party because it did not give him fair treatment in spite of his numerous contributions to its development.
Source: UGC
“I wanted to contest for the state House of election on the platform of the PDP because I was favoured by zoning.
“Unfortunately, the zoning arrangement was later manipulated in favour of someone from Mbakaange ward of Vandeikya Local Government Area (LGA).
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“It is because of this that I was compelled to seek for an alternative platform to enable me actualise my political ambition,” Wuhe said.
He expressed optimism that he would win the Tiev state house of assembly election in 2023, because he has the support of his people.
“I am a man of the people. I interact with them freely regardless of party affiliation, as such they are willing to work relentlessly for my success.
“I personally constructed classroom blocks for so many schools within my constituency, Tiev to be precise.
“I also built Churches and opened up feeder roads. All these I did for my people years back without thinking of contesting election someday,” he said.
How Atiku discovered Peter Obi, Dino Melaye shares powerful details
Meanwhile, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and a senator who represented Kogi West in the eighth Senate, Dino Melaye, has said that the Labour Party’s presidential flagbearer, Peter Obi, was not known nationally until his PDP counterpart, Atiku Abubakar, discovered him.
Melaye stated that any reformer in the country who emerged within 1999 till date was discovered by Atiku, PDP flagbearer.
The senator made this revelation at an event organised by a women’s political group, Diamond Ladies in Politics, in Abuja, over the weekend.
Dino Melaye lists five areas that make Atiku better than Tinubu
In another report, legit.ng reports that Dino Melaye has belittled the candidacy of Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress.
According to the former federal lawmaker, Tinubu is a baby politician compared to Atiku Abubakar of the PDP.
Melaye consequently listed what he attributed as qualities possessed by Atiku that stand him ahead of Tinubu.
Source: Legit.ng
