S-East PDP Caucus Resolves To Remain In Opposition

SOUTH - EAST caucus of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Wednesday, met
at the residence of the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike
Ekweremadu, in Enugu and resolved to remain in opposition in the
emerging new political dispensation to be piloted by the
President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), effective May 29,
2015.

The party's leadership in the zone made it clear that it had no regret
voting en masse for their party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

"As a zone, the South East delivered all their votes to the PDP and we
are proud to do so,'' the party said.

In attendance at the meeting were Governor of Abia State, Theodore
Orji, Minister of State for Defence, Col. Augustine Akobundu (retd);
Senator Hope Uzodinma, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, Senator Gil Nnaji,
the host, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, among others.

They, therefore, used the opportunity to thank all members of the PDP,
including the governors, stakeholders and the people of the zone, for
working tirelessly and voting massively for the party during the last
elections and urged them to remain loyal and do the same on Saturday.

Addressing newsmen shortly after the closed door-meeting, the group's
spokesman who is also the National Vice Chairman of PDP South East,
Col. Augustine Akobundu (retd), said they were resolute in remaining
in the party and not contemplating defecting to other political
parties.

His words: "Everything that we need to do to deliver the goodies that
our people deserve in the zone, we can bring through a very solid
platform of negotiation.

''We voted for a party that integrated us into the mainstream of
Nigerian politics, elected/appointed our people into strategic
offices, and addressed some of our major infrastructural challenges.
So, we took a principled position and accept full responsibility for
our political choices."
--Vanguard