Former Cross River Governor,
Donald Duke, has explained why he left the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
He spoke in Abuja on Tuesday
after a meeting with the Deputy National Chairman of the Social Democratic
Party (SDP), Abdul Isiaq.
Duke said the party where he had
been a member for 20 years had lost its values and was now a shadow of itself.
“The PDP we joined in 1998 is
certainly not the same party that is in place today.
“When the former President of the
country walked away from the party, you should know there is problem somewhere.
“PDP is the first truly national
party, but over the years, you will see that it lost that and became a shadow
of itself,” he said.
Duke said that he also left PDP
to SDP because the nation was seeking for rebirth and most Nigerians were seeking
something different and better which the SDP represented.
“I believe that the nation is
seeking for rebirth. I believe that most Nigerians are yearning for something
different and better and I am hoping that as like minds, we will come
together.’’
He also disclosed that he would
be contesting for the position of the president on the platform of SDP, and
expressed confidence that though 2019 elections may be tough, he would win.
On the president’s refusal of
assent to the amended Electoral Act Bill, Duke said that there were a lot of
politics around the Electoral Act.
He noted that the president’s
refusal on the bill may not be unconnected with the issue of re-ordering of the
election sequence.
“I think that is still largely
the underlining reasons for the president veto to the amended Act. In politics,
people want to take advantage of what will satisfy them,” he added.
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