DEFECTION: JIM NWOBODO RETURNS TO PDP
Enugu Former Governor of old Anambra State, Senator Jim Nwobodo, Friday returned to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) from the All Progressives Congress, APC.
Nwobodo, who rejoined his erstwhile party, said he has assumed the position of an elder statesman than a partisan politician.
Nwobodo was conspicuously absent as the APC flagged off of the presidential election campaign in the state on Thursday. Nwobodo announced the decision to defect during a visit by some key leaders of the PDP in the Southeast at his Amaechi country home, in Enugu. The stakeholders include S.N Okeke, former chairman, Police Service Commission, Prof. A.B.C Nwosu, Chief Oseloka Obaze, the Secretary to the Abia State Government, among others.
The group during their meeting asked Nwobodo to return to the party which he co-founded in 1998. “Why we are here is that a house you built has been vacant, we are calling on you to most respectfully step back to your house,” Okeke had pleaded. Responding to the please, he said he was stepping aside from the All Progressives Congress, APC, chronicling various issues plaguing the nation.
He said prominent political leaders from the Southeast had earlier met him in Abuja a few days ago over the same issue. “It is difficult for me to ignore their call and I cannot do that.
He said being a Democrat that he believed in democracy, adding that, “those around Mr. President should always tell him the truth.
He described the attempt to arraign the Chief Justice of Nigeria as a mockery and desecration of the judiciary and the rule of law, stressing “I will not be part of it. “One of the tenets of democracy is the division of power among the different independent arms of government, namely Executive, Legislative and Judiciary.
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“The desecration of any of these arms of government portends danger to democracy. “The ongoing attempt to arraign and prosecute the Chief Justice of the Federation in disregard to due process is a mockery of the judiciary, which is the last hope of the common man.
“It is even more worrisome to read in the papers that President was not aware of such moves.
“Now that the President is aware, he should please intervene and stop the desecration of Judiciary and restore respect for the rule of law.
“We are all aware of the implications of disrespect for the rule of law and its dangerous consequences.
“No genuine investor will take us serious and our image as a country will seriously be bruised”, he said.
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