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A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Emmanuel Ogidi, has expressed confidence that party members who recently dumped the PDP for the All Progressives Congress (APC) will eventually return.<\/p>\n
Ogidi, who serves as the PDP National Vice Chairman for the South-South region, made the statement during an interview on ARISE TV News Night on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
According to him, the defections were largely driven by impatience and fear over the party\u2019s ongoing legal battle. \u201cThe PDP is a very big party. A very? We\u2019re big<\/em>,\u201d he said confidently.<\/p>\n He dismissed fears that the court case involving the PDP would end unfavorably, stressing that the party had followed due process at every stage. Ogidi further explained that internal traps and distractions were part of the challenges facing the PDP, but assured that the leadership remained focused. He added that some politicians lacked patience and faith in the system. \u201cSome of these governors or senators don\u2019t have the patience. That\u2019s the truth. They are not sure<\/em>,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n The PDP elder stateman also clarified that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was present during the party\u2019s crucial meetings, confirming that all procedures were carried out transparently.<\/p>\n \u201cINEC heard us loud and clear<\/em>,\u201d Ogidi said. \u201cThey were present during our NEC meeting. They gave us their register to sign. Every decision taken was properly documented, and INEC was a witness to all our processes. So, we have nothing to hide<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n He maintained that the PDP was on solid ground ahead of its next National Executive Committee (NEC) convention, scheduled for November, and urged members to remain calm and united.<\/p>\n It could be recalled that recently, Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State officially defected to the APC, while Bayelsa State Governor Duoye Diri resigned his membership from the PDP, with strong indications that he may soon join the ruling party.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Emmanuel Ogidi, has expressed confidence that party members who recently dumped the PDP for the All Progressives Congress (APC) will eventually return. Ogidi, who serves as the PDP National Vice Chairman for the South-South region, made the statement during an interview on ARISE TV News Night on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":236667,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-236666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/images-14.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236666\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\u201cThe PDP is in court, and some members have lost hope that the court will rule against the party. We followed due process, and we are not worried<\/em>,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe all know why they are going. But we have strongly to come back. You see, we know there\u2019s been some booby trap laid towards not having the Convention<\/em>,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n